Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 19 June 2018

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 15 June. 

Petitions which met these criteria after this date will be considered at the Committee's next meeting on Tuesday 26 June.

Petition debates

• Family visit visas

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/206568

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/210497

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/201416 

The Committee decided to schedule a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion “That this House has considered e-petitions 206568, 210497 and 201416 relating to family visitor visas” on Monday 9 July at 4.30pm. 

Helen Jones MP, the Chair of the Committee, will open the debate.

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

• Make BRCA testing a choice for females over 30 on the NHS and more info given

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• British Soldiers who served in N. Ireland must have immunity from prosecution

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Proscribe Hizballah in its entirety under the Terrorism Act 2000

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• The Government should end experiments on dogs

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.

• Dangerous driving sentencing review (presented anonymously)
• Basingstoke Motorway Service Areas (presented by Maria Miller MP)

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