Committee news

Government responds to Petitions Committee letter on transgender conversion therapy
Government responds to the Committee's letter on transgender conversion therapy
13 June 2022

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

Breed specific legislation to be debated by MPs
Breed specific legislation to be debated by MPs
1 June 2022

Petitions Committee asks the Government to clarify its plans on new parents’ employment rights
Committee Chair Catherine writes to Business Secretary
26 May 2022

Petitions Committee raises petitioners’ animal welfare concerns with the Government
Committee Chair writes to Minister
26 May 2022

Government responds to Petitions Committee letter on water safety education
Petitions Committee publishes letter from Minister for Children and Families
26 May 2022

Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 24 May 2022
Petitions Committee publishes decisions considered
25 May 2022

Taxes on motor fuel to be debated by MPs
Petitions Committee to debate petition relating to taxes on motor fuel
19 May 2022

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

Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 17 May 2022
Petitions Committee publishes petitions considered
17 May 2022

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

Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 26 April 2022
Petitions Committee publishes petitions considered
26 April 2022

Hunting to be debated by MPs
MPs to debate petitions relating to hunting
21 April 2022

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

Vehicle tampering offences to be debated by MPs
MPs to debate a petition relating to vehicle tampering offences.
20 April 2022

North West Water Safety petitioner wins Petition Campaign of the Year Award
North West Water Safety petitioner Beckie Ramsay wins the Petition Campaign of the Year Award
30 March 2022

Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 29 March 2022
Committee considers e-petitions which received over 100,000 signatures
29 March 2022

Petitions Committee welcomes Government response to Tackling Online Abuse report but calls for further action
Committee publishes the Government’s response to the report on Tackling Online Abuse
28 March 2022

Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 22 March 2022
Petitions Committee publishes petitions considered
24 March 2022

Support for Black victims of domestic abuse to be debated by MPs
MPs to debate a petition relating to support for Black victims of domestic abuse
24 March 2022