Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 26 April

• Role of the Committee
• Working methods of the Committee
• Previous decisions of the Committee
• Petitions Committee

The Committee considered all e-petitions which had reached over 10,000 signatures and had received a government response by Friday 22 April 2016. No e-petitions reached over 100,000 signatures this week.

Petitions which met these criteria after this date will be considered at the Committee's next meeting on Tuesday 3 May 2016.

Petition debates

• Include expressive arts subjects in the Ebacc

The Committee decided to schedule a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion "That this House has considered e-petition 111731 relating to expressive arts subjects and the Ebacc" on Monday 4 July 2016 at 4.30pm.

Catherine McKinnell MP, a member of the Petitions Committee, will lead the debate. 

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

• Give parish councils the right to appeal planning decisions

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Sharia Law and the use of Sharia courts within the UK should be prohibited

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Debate in the House the Local Government Pension Scheme Investment Regulations

The Committee noted the Government's response.

The Committee decided to write to the Department for Communities and Local Government to request that they write to the Committee when they have considered responses to the consultation mentioned in the response and decided on an outcome.

• Use 3 separate independent organisations to count the EU referendum votes

The Committee noted the Government's response.

• Ban driven grouse shooting

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