Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 9 July 2019

The Committee considered all e-petitions which had reached over 100,000 signatures, and those over 10,000 signatures which had received a government response, by Friday 5 July. 

Petitions which met these criteria after this date will be considered at the Committee's next meeting on Tuesday 16 July. 

Petitions with over 10,000 signatures which have received a government response

• A final vote on scrapping HS2 for MPs, with a free vote for all Ministers 

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Stop charging commonwealth soldiers to stay in Britain! 

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• The Air Ambulances to be government funded 

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Independent inquiry into exclusions of Black children from school

The Committee noted the Government's response.

Public (paper) petitions with government responses

The following public (paper) petitions received a written response from the Government and were noted by the Committee.

• Nnamani family, Glasgow (presented by Chris Stephens MP)  
• Yamuna River (presented by Keith Vaz MP) 

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