Petitions tagged with 'Royal Yacht'

• HMS EDINBURGH TO BE KEPT AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION IN LEITH DOCKS, BESIDE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA.
  We, the undersigned wish, HMS EDINBURGH be berthed permanently in Leith Docks, once decommissioned. Royal Yacht Britannia and HMS EDINBURGH would, help generate employment and, boost tourism. This would be an investment of Historical value against, [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 28 February 2014, Signatures: 2865
• call on government to commission and pay for anew royal yacht as thanks to the queen
  pressure the govt into commissioning a new royal yacht as thanks for for sixty years of dedication to the uk and commonwealth [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 23 August 2013, Signatures: 3
• Re-commision the Brittania on Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee.
  What better gift can our country give to The Queen after 60 years loyal service than to re-commision The Royal Yacht Brittania. This magnificent vessel should never have been taken away from her amd clearly broke her heart when this happened. God [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 11 December 2012, Signatures: 2
• Do you support the building of a new Royal Yacht for the Queen?
  The former Royal Yacht proved her value as a vehicle to promote Britain's interests abroad in multiple ways. The benefits to our country far surpassed the costs of building and maintaining her. The Queen is our Head of State and Chief Ambassador [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 11 June 2013, Signatures: 3
• A new Royal Yacht
  A new Royal Yacht for Queen Elizabeth II should be paid for by the current government to show gratitude towards her and also all that her Majesty has done for the UK from training as a driver and mechanic in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 7 March 2013, Signatures: 16
• Fund a fleet hospital ship/desalination ships (cum Royal Yacht) using national lottery funds & funds HMG allocated for foreign aid
  Building desalination & hospital ships will deliver coordinated effective foreign aid; serving areas affected by famine, drought, disasters, conflicts, epidemics, etc as the needs arise. Registered charities should work with HMG to coordinate their [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Fund a fleet hospital ship/desalination ships (cum Royal Yacht) using national lottery funds & funds HMG allocated for foreign aid
  Building desalination & hospital ships will deliver coordinated effective foreign aid; serving areas affected by famine, drought, disasters, conflicts, epidemics, etc as the needs arise. Registered charities should work with HMG to coordinate their [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 30 January 2013, Signatures: 5
• No new Royal Yacht
  In a time when essentail services are being cut, causing real damage to the lives of so many ordinary citizens who have done nothing to deserve any of this, and in a time when the navy and other armed services are being cut back - including scrapping [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Make it illegal for those who donate to the fund for a new Royal Yacht to be able set their donation against their annual tax bill
  There is much being played that this scheme will be totally privately funded. To be such it would require that none of the donations made by companies nor individuals are able to be set against their annual tax bill. If this were not to be the case [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 23 January 2013, Signatures: 2
• Michael Gove should resign or be removed from his post
  In light of Mr. Gove's recent letter in which he suggested £60 million of taxpayer money be used to purchase a Royal Yacht, we the undersigned call for his replacement as Secretary of State for Education as this shows a severe level of incompetence [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Paying for the new Royal Yacht
  Call me old fashioned, an unrepentant Royalist, but much as I think Mr Mrchael Gove needs to learn something about spelling, I support his wish that for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the nation buys her a brand spanking new yacht, budget £1.50 per [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 18 April 2012, Signatures: 3
• There should be no Government involvement, or taxpayer money, in a Royal Yacht
  On the same day the Government announces yet another round of redundancies in the Armed Forces, and at a time when the budgets of British Citizens are under intense pressure it is wholly inappropriate for the Government to be even contemplating the [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Fund a fleet hospital ship/desalination ships (cum Royal Yacht) using national lottery funds & funds HMG allocated for foreign aid
  Building desalination & hospital ships will serve areas affected by famine, drought & epidemics. This will ensure British Companies, Charities & Her Majesty are directly involved in building, supplying equipment to deliver aid. The coalition [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Fund A New Royal Yacht for Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee
  I the undersigned believe that HM Government should fund the purchase of a new royal yacht to mark Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee to celebrate Her Majesty’s service to the nation., Who has led us through all the challenges that this nation has [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 18 October 2012, Signatures: 7
• Ditch the proposal for a new £60m royal yacht
  We are constantly bombarded day in, day out with grim news of our economic woes, and how "we're all in it together". Members of our government believe the nation's resources are best served by commissioning a £60 million boat, for a woman who quite [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• we the poor tax payer will not pay for a royal yacht
  we the poor tax payers will not fund a royal yacht in these times of economic austerity [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Any royal yacht should not be publicly funded
  Any public funding to refit or otherwise commission a royal yacht, in connection with the diamond jubilee or at any other time, would be entirely inappropriate. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 18 January 2013, Signatures: 7
• No Taxpayer Funding for a new Royal Yacht
  No taxpayer funding for a new Royal Yacht-monies to be spent on Health & Social Care if spare. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• No Public Money Should Be Spent On A New Royal Yacht
  That no public money should be spent on building or raising money to build a new royal yacht [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 17 January 2013, Signatures: 116
• Stricter Performance Management of Michael Gove
  Michael Gove's inability to keep a grip on reality has reached crisis point and intervention by his line management is now essential to help him. Already obsessed with his flawed academies and free schools, he now wants hard-pressed taxpayers to pay [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• NO ROYAL YACHT
  Neither the Government or the tax payer should pay for a new Royal Yatch or pay for the running costs. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• PRESENT HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN WITH A ROYAL YACHT IN RECOGNITION OF HER 60 YEARS OF SELFLESS DUTY TO THE THE BRITISH PEOPLE.
  TO FUND THE PROVISION OF A ROYAL YACHT FOR THE USE OF THE SOVEREIGN AND WHICH WOULD ALSO BE USED TO SHOWCASE BRITISH BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY AND ENCOURAGE TRADE [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 8 November 2012, Signatures: 77
• The recommissioning of the Royal Yacht Britannia
  The Royal Yacht Britannia was an asset to this country and I propose that it be recommissioned in time for next years diamond jubilee. It doesn't need to be used exclusively by the Royal family, once back in service it can also be used for government [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Refit the Royal Yacht for the Diamond Jubilee
  Next year, Her Majesty the Queen will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. When the Royal Yacht Britannia was decommissioned, Her Majesty was deeply hurt and it has since been revealed that the decision was taken because a refit was considered unwise [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 17 February 2012, Signatures: 72
• Provide the Queen and Country with a New Royal Yacht
  I have always believed that Britannia should have been replaced. It was always more than just a Royal Residence. It was a vessel that sailed the World and was a great example of what made and makes the UK great. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 29 October 2016, Signatures: 16
• Buy a new Britannia for use by the Queen
  The Queen is going to take things a little easier after her 90 birthday. Why not open a new fund for voluntary contributions to buy her a new royal yacht. It does not have to be very big just seaworthy & if possible British built. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 0
• Build a new Royal Yacht Britannia with British Steel, Workers & apprentices.
  Following the EU referendum, we should build a new Royal Yacht Britannia using British Steel, British Workers and training British apprentices. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 14 January 2017, Signatures: 14
• A Royal Yacht with duel role to promote trade around the world must be built.
  Nowhere on Britannia's side did you see her name, yet she was recognised around the world. She should be built for the dual role of signing trade agreements and promoting British trade delegations and act as a base for state visits by Her Majesty. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 21 January 2017, Signatures: 21
• Bring back Her Majesty's Royal Yacht Britannia to promote the UK post brexit
  The UK is coming up to an important time in history post brexit and the need to advertise what's great about Great Britain is so important. What's better than having a historically important ship sailing round the world drumming up business and [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 0
• Recommission the Royal Yacht Britannia.
  The Royal yacht Britannia will be instrumental in adopting trade deals around the globe, post Brexit. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 0
• To recommission the Royal Yacht Britannia.
  This is in order to aid the royal family in promoting trade deals with countries outside the EU bloc. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 0
• Not to purchase a new Royal Yacht
  Since Theresa May took office, senior Conservative MPs and ministers - including the Foreign Secretary - have advocated for a new royal yacht to be purchased. We believe this would be a waste of taxpayers' money, and that the government should focus [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 1 January 1970, Signatures: 46
• Build a new Royal Yacht Britannia
  Following the EU referendum, we should build a new Royal Yacht Britannia using British Steel, British Workers and training British apprentices. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 1 January 1970, Signatures: 10
• Support the lottery for a new Britannia Royal Yacht
  To promote the United Kingdom on the World stage follwing the Brexit decision [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 0
• Commission new Royal Yacht Britannia using British Shipyards, Materials and Jobs
  The Royal Yacht Britannia served as an important symbol of Britain throughout her many years at sea helping to solidify various international relations throughout the world. It rightly was a symbol of national pride and was an important diplomatic [...]
  Status: open, Closing Date: Wednesday 22 August 2018, Signatures: 8