UK Parliament Petitions
Public petitions to the UK Government and Parliament — signature counts, government responses and debate outcomes.
17,310 petitions
Ensure Equal Access to NHS Fertility Treatment for Same-Sex Couples
Establish national NHS standards to ensure same-sex couples can access funded fertility treatment without the burden of self-funded IUI cycles. We call for an end to the postcode lottery, a review of eligibility for those with existing chil
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Legislate to reduce motorcycle noise to lower, standardised levels
Bring in a law requiring all motorcycles to have their exhaust noise silenced to standardised levels, without any exceptions for existing machines.
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Allow conjugal visits with spouses for prisoners incarcerated for 3+ years
Allow prisoners who have been on incarcerated for 3+ years to have conjugal visits with their spouse. They must be married to do so. You can’t change partner with whom you choose as your person to have the conjugal visit with.
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Make it a criminal offence to mislead or lie in public office
We think misleading or telling lies to the public in public office should be criminalised. Public servants should function at a higher standard, and we think parliamentary standards alone haven't solved issues.
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Provide grants of £25,000 for independent tackle shops.
We urge the Government to make £25,000 digital transformation and viability grants available. We believe this support would protect the heritage and sustainability of these shops as vital cultural and community assets.
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Mandate wheelchair-accessible emergency safety zones in motorway barriers
We ask the Government to require National Highways to install wheelchair‑accessible emergency gates, ramps or lowered alcoves along motorway barriers, especially where no hard shoulder exists. The Department for Transport should update the
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Prohibit HMO licences being granted for properties near schools
So that migrants cannot be housed in HMOs located near or next to schools.
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Fund more research into gynaecological health from current 2.4%
Only 2.4% of public research funding goes to women’s gynaecological health and childbirth. I would like to see this massively increased and much more importance placed onto it.
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Capital punishment for those convicted of terrorism, murder or intentional harm
We want the government to reinstate capital punishment for those who have committed terror offences, murder or intentional harm.
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Review the family court system for removing children from their guardian
We urge the Government to launch a review of the family court system in England and Wales, and the guidance on when a child should be removed from there guardian.
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UK to join the joint statement on ECHR interpretation
We believe delay on legal reform risks the same failings seen in the ECHR’s Swiss climate ruling. Nine democracies have published a statement supporting ECHR interpretive reform. We think the UK should act now to protect national law from j
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Review and publish government guidelines/procedures for state visit invitations
The Government should review and publish any government guidelines and procedures relating to the issuing and revoking of invitations for state visits.
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Create a public holiday in November to honour and remember our veterans
We feel that a 2-minute silence on 11/11 at the 11th hour to honour those who fell in the line of duty (making the ultimate sacrifice for our country) and those who put their lives on the line every day still is not enough.
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Require veterinary history to be disclosed when a horse is sold
Require sellers of horses and ponies to provide the animal’s available veterinary history to the buyer before sale. The history should be linked to the horse’s passport and microchip, so significant previous conditions and treatment follow
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Abandon the Chagos deal
We call for the Chagos deal to be scrapped in its entirety, and for the United Kingdom to retain its current sovereignty over that territory.
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Make it illegal to fire any kind of gun within 15 miles of a residential home
We call on the Government to make it illegal to fire a gun of any kind unless you are police within 15 miles of anyone’s residential home.
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Hold a referendum on Reintroducing the Rwanda scheme.
We think the current government are failing to deal with illegal immigration effectively. We think the Rwanda scheme should have a chance to work. The laws are in place and we think Rwanda are happy to take immigrants while they await proce
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Require licenses to use an electric bike or electric scooter
Make Licenses mandatory for all users of E-Bikes or E-Scooters so they cannot ride them on the road if they don’t have a license.
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Ban all charging for the use of public lavatories.
We call on the Government to amend the Public Health Act 1936 to forbid any local authorities from charging for use of public lavatories or passing ownership to anybody which does not provide free public lavatories.
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Reinstate the death penalty for child murderers
There is no room in society for child murderers. We call on the Government to introduce legislation to reintroduce the death penalty for those convicted of the deliberate murder of a child.
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Require background checks before customers can purchase an animal
Before anyone buys a pet from a pet shop or breeder, they should be checked if they have all necessities beforehand and have the correct funds + household to look after the pet. They should also make sure that the person doesn’t live with a
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Amend divorce law to protect survivors of spousal sexual abuse
Change the law so that in cases where one spouse has been convicted of rape or other serious sexual offence against the other, the survivor is legally safeguarded from any financial claims made by their abuser in divorce proceedings.
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Establish a workplace wellbeing rating and require workplaces to disclose them
We call for mandatory workplace culture and wellbeing ratings to be established, similar to food hygiene ratings, and for each employer to publicly disclose them. We think that if we require food safety transparency, why not mental health?
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Ban single-use expanded polypropylene packaging
In October 2023 the government banned expanded polystyrene cups and take away food boxes. Some manufacturers have now started using expanded polypropylene boxes.
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Ban all mid-terrace houses from becoming HMOs
We urge the Government to ban all mid-terrace houses from being converted into Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).
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