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Petitions Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Petitions Committee considers e-petitions submitted on Parliament’s petitions website and public (paper) petitions presented to the House of Commons, engaging the public directly with the work of the House. You can follow the committee on X (formerly Twitter) @HoCpetitions.

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MPs to debate petitions relating to exams during Covid-19
MPs to debate two petitions relating to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on GCSE and A-level exams
8 October 2020
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MPs to debate petition relating to China’s policy towards its Uighur population
MPs to debate a petition relating to China’s Uyghur population.
8 October 2020
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee
On 29 September the Committee considered all e-petitions which had, before 28 September 2020, reached over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response
2 October 2020
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MPs to debate petitions relating to the UK’s departure from the EU
MPs to debate petitions relating to the UK’s departure from the European Union
2 October 2020
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MPs to debate the impact of Covid-19 on maternity and parental leave
MPs to debate a petition calling on the Government to extend maternity leave by three months with pay in light of COVID-19
1 October 2020
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee
On 22 September the Committee considered all e-petitions which had, before 17 September 2020, reached over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response.
24 September 2020
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee
Committee agrees decisions on petitions
17 September 2020
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Committee welcomes Government response to coronavirus university report but warns it ‘risks letting down students’
Petitions Committee publishes the Government's response to its report on the impact of COVID-19 on university students
16 September 2020
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MPs to present concerns to Ministers on support for households during COVID-19
Committee to hold a hybrid e-petitions session to put concerns to Ministers on support for households during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
16 September 2020
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee
The Petitions Committee considered all e-petitions which reached over 10,000 signatures
9 September 2020
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Committee express disappointment at Government response to its report on impact of Covid-19 on maternity and parental leave
Government gives their response to the Petitions Committee’s report on the impact of COVID-19 on maternity and parental leave.
9 September 2020
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Edmund Felton's petitions for justice
Professor Jason Peacey looks at how Edmund Felton used petitions to fight for justice during the 1600s
4 September 2020
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee
The Petitions Committee considered all e-petitions which reached over 10,000 signatures.
4 September 2020
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 1 September
Decisions of the Petitions Committee taken on 1 September 2020
4 September 2020
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The petition of Edmund Felton
Professor Jason Peacey looks at how Edmund Felton used petitions to fight for justice during the 1600s
2 September 2020
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Petitions Committee Chair calls on Government to urgently respond to petitions relating to A-level and GCSE grades
Chair of the Petitions Committee writes to the Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson MP
1 September 2020
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Petitions Committee Chair calls on Government to urgently respond to petitions relating to A-level and GCSE grades
Chair of the Petitions Committee writes to the Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson MP
20 August 2020
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Petitions Committee Chair disappointed in Government's failure to respond urgently to report on the impact of Covid-19 on maternity and parental leave
4 August 2020
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The petition of Elizabeth Skory
This month, Dr Sharon Howard looks at one of the first women to petition the House of Lords
3 August 2020
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Petitions Committee disappointed at Government's inaction on ‘spiralling' pet theft
READ: Petitions Committee writes to Secretary of State for Justice about Government's inaction on pet theft
28 July 2020
Total results 714 (page 18 of 36)