Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 16 January 2018
16 January 2018
This week the Committee's decisions included scheduling a debate on ending the export of live farm animals after the UK leaves the European Union.
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 12 January 2018.
Petitions which met these criteria after this date will be considered at the Committee's next meeting on Tuesday 23 January 2018.
Petition debates
The Committee decided to schedule a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion “That this House has considered e-petition 200205 relating to ending the export of live farm animals after the UK leaves the European Union” on Monday 26 February at 4.30pm.
Steve Double, a member of the Petitions Committee, will lead the debate.
Petitions with over 10,000 signatures which have received a government response
The Committee noted the Government's response.
The Committee noted the Government's response.
The Committee noted the Government's response.
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.
- Funding for young people in Devon (presented by Anne Marie Morris MP)
- Women against state pension inequality (presented by David Linden MP)
- Myanmar's Muslim Ethnic Minority (presented by Marion Fellows MP)
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