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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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Committee news

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Government responds to Petitions Committee letter on new parents’ employment rights
Petitions Committee publishes letter from Business Secretary
22 June 2022
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The school week to be debated by MPs
Petition relating to school week debated on Monday 27 June 2022
22 June 2022
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 21 June 2022
Petitions Committee publishes decisions considered
21 June 2022
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Use of cages for farmed animals debated by MPs
The petition received more than 109,000 signatures.
15 June 2022
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 14 June 2022
Petitions Committee publishes decisions considered
14 June 2022
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Government responds to Petitions Committee letter on transgender conversion therapy
Government responds to the Committee's letter on transgender conversion therapy
13 June 2022
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Transgender conversion therapy debated by MPs
Elliot Colburn MP, a member of the Petitions Committee, has been asked by the Committee to open the debate.
8 June 2022
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Breed specific legislation to be debated by MPs
Breed specific legislation to be debated by MPs
1 June 2022
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Petitions Committee asks the Government to clarify its plans on new parents’ employment rights
Committee Chair Catherine writes to Business Secretary
26 May 2022
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Petitions Committee raises petitioners’ animal welfare concerns with the Government
Committee Chair writes to Minister
26 May 2022
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Government responds to Petitions Committee letter on water safety education
Petitions Committee publishes letter from Minister for Children and Families
26 May 2022
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 24 May 2022
Petitions Committee publishes decisions considered
25 May 2022
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Taxes on motor fuel to be debated by MPs
Petitions Committee to debate petition relating to taxes on motor fuel
19 May 2022
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Petitions Committee asks for more information ahead of debate on transgender conversion therapy
Chair writes to Minister for Equalities Mike Freer MP to ask for more information ahead of a debate on a petition relating to transgender conversion therapy.
18 May 2022
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 17 May 2022
Petitions Committee publishes petitions considered
17 May 2022
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender identities to be debated by MPs
MPs to debate a petition relating to legal recognition of non-binary gender identities
29 April 2022
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 26 April 2022
Petitions Committee publishes petitions considered
26 April 2022
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Hunting to be debated by MPs
MPs to debate petitions relating to hunting
21 April 2022
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Petitions Committee asks the Government for an update on its work to improve water safety education
Catherine McKinnell MP has writes to Minister for School Standards Robin Walker MP
20 April 2022
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Vehicle tampering offences to be debated by MPs
MPs to debate a petition relating to vehicle tampering offences.
20 April 2022
Total results 682 (page 7 of 35)