Petitions tagged with 'UK'

• Allowing Eid to be marked as an official public holiday
  As UK is a multi-faith society, it should allow other faiths such as Islam to have a public holiday for Eid. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 11 February 2015, Signatures: 176
• stop all foreign aid until our flood defences and roads are repaired
  Stop all foreign aid until our UK flood defences and roads are repaired [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• RESCUE SAS DOG IN AFGHANISTAN
  We call on the UK Government and/or US Government immediately to secure the safe return of the dog reported to have been captured by the Taleban to demonstrate our recognition of the immense contribution that service dogs make to our safety. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Form a Gurkha Reserve Unit
  I would like the MOD to consider forming a Gurkha reserve Unit which will allows great possibilities within the Army 2020 infrastructure. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 11 February 2015, Signatures: 15
• Stop Scam Fake Government Websites
  Scam Fake Government Websites are set up to dupe citizens into using them instead of .gov.uk websites such as HMRC, Passport office and to apply for EHIC cards. These sites charge exorbitant fees for what should be free services by the government!! I [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Look after this country before sending billions abroad to countries that don't need the help
  The UK sends billions of pounds to countries with expanding economic wealth already. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Sack Lord Chris Smith for dereliction of duty
  Lord Smith has demonstrated ineptitude in running his Department and has shown a complete inability to prioritise .Because of this he is responsible for the millions of pounds of damage and the distress felt by thousands of residents and farmers. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 10 May 2014, Signatures: 45
• Cornish Assembly and recognition of Cornish as a separate ethnic identity
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/sep/08/cornwall-national-minority-race [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 26 March 2015, Signatures: 5
• Boris Johnson to get his legs out for 'Legs 4 Africa' Campaign
  The Legs4Africa campaign (http://legs4africa.org/) collects redundant prosthetic limbs from health centre's around the UK and redistributes them to those in need in Africa. This April we plan to drive 200 limbs to the Gambia but need £5,500 for a [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Remove VAT on Fairtrade goods
  We call on the government to consider the removal of value added tax (VAT) on Fairtrade goods. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 11 February 2015, Signatures: 10
• Government re-assign money for South UK and Wales flood victims.
  The Government must undertake to re-assign monies to aid the flood victims in South and South West England and in Wales, this money should come from the coffers for Parliamentary expenses for Ministers, the initial monies that have been taken away [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Commercial Surrogacy
  With same sex marriage allowed in England and Wales by March 2014 and Scotland in Autumn 2014, the right for equality in all areas of life is truly overdue. With homosexual's partners wishing to have a child of their own and not being able to due to [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Give the rest of the UK a vote as to whether Scotland remains tied in any way to the rest of the United KIngdom should they vote for independance.
  All the people of England, Wales and N Ireland should be allowed to vote as to whether or not Scotland should have any ties at all with the rest of the United Kingdom should the Scottish people vote yes for any type of independance. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 10 February 2015, Signatures: 20
• Disadvantaged Young People- Further tuition and Schemes
  According to offitial facts ans statistics from "cpag.org.uk", Child poverty has long-lasting effects: [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• scam marriages
  Marriage is suppose to be a lifetime commitment, trust, love and all the foundation that is meant for creating a living and working partnership. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Liberate Russia's LBGT community- Petition Cameron to put pressure on Putin
  Regardless of any arguments to the contrary, basic morality dictates than an individual's ability to love whomever they choose without suffering at the hands of persecution and prejudice is a right, not a privilege. Within the last 12 months, David [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Government funded concert to show solidarity to Lesbian Gay and Trangendered people in Russia
  On behalf of a multicultural diverse population that is The United Kingdom, we hereby ask for partial funding and support to ask for an awareness concert to highlight the horrific treatment that the Russian government condones towards its Gay, [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Scid newborn screening
  My child was born with severe combined immune deficiency. Basically means born with no immune system. It truley does mean a kiss could kill. Children born with scid will live no longer then a year without a bone Marrow transplant. The trouble is at [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 7 February 2015, Signatures: 300
• Abolish psychiatric electroconvulsive therapy – ECT - electroshock to the brain
  Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a psychiatric procedure where up to 400 volts is put through the brain for up to 8 seconds causing an epileptic fit purportedly to relieve mental distress. Mainly given to women and the elderly, sometimes to [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 13 February 2015, Signatures: 50
• Appoint a replacement Director of the 'Year of Code' who knows how to code and knows why it is important.
  The Director of the 'Year of Code', Lottie Dexter, does not know how to code and has little grasp as to why it is so important for the UK electronics and IT industry. This was exposed to devastating effect by Jeremy Paxman on the BBC Newsnight [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Adjust student loans depending on area of study
  Despite there being a wide spread of living costs across the UK, students receive about the same amount of loan, depending upon financial circumstance, up and down the country, with the exception of London where there is an increase due to the high [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 10 February 2015, Signatures: 2
• imigrants using unregisterd cars on the roads
  Imigrants who come to live and work in the UK must be made to register thier cars with the DVLA. within the 6 month period as defined by the law As with us if the car is not taxed then the vehicle is not insured, also how many of these cares have no [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Cancel HS2 and spend the money on flood defences
  HS2 it coming with a cost of £46.2 billion pounds, while a new high speed line would be nice we need to look at our priority's. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 7 August 2014, Signatures: 124
• Ban all fracking in the UK
  Fracking has been demonstrated to polute water supplies, cause earthquakes and provide no benifits for the local areas. In America bore drinking water is so poluted with the gas being mined that the water can be set fire to. This practice will not [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 7 February 2015, Signatures: 665
• Ban the use of khat in the uk
  Khat is used by yemeni & east african communities with most users being from the somali community. There has been a number of widely publicised debates recently which mainly involved members of parliament & drug advisory groups who do not see the [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 7 February 2015, Signatures: 61
• Enquiry into the high rate of suicide in England
  We are calling for Mr Duncan Selbie as the Chief executive of Public Health England to start an enquiry into the high rate of suicide in England [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 7 February 2015, Signatures: 226
• Bond "bail out" for taxpayers in poverty.
  There are a great deal of hard-working tax payers in the UK and some of them pay that much tax they are systematically getting "Scrimps and scrapes" of their paycheck. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 7 November 2014, Signatures: 1
• UK GOVERNMENT SHOULD SUSPEND ALL INTERNATIONAL AID AND DIRECT THE FUNDS TO THE FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS IN THE UK
  The UK Government should suspend all International Aid to other countries and direct the funds to the flood affected areas of the UK [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Overseas aid funds diversion to the NHS and Environment Agency
  We are giving aid to countries which have the nuclear bomb and a space program while our country is flooded and people are dying because of cuts in the NHS. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• UK Government to make a stand at UN/EU for end of violence towards gay people
  I would like the UK government to make a stand at an UN/EU gathering over violence towards gays in countries such as Russia/ Nigeria etc. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• flood damage prevention major population movements
  Insurance firms will cease to pay out on a repetitive basis for floods. The government must right to buy up unsaleable properties and move the occupants on eg to Northumberland, or to properties in Europe eg Spain.; cheaper than rebuilding . [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 7 February 2015, Signatures: 1
• Allow Asylum in UK for Russian LGBT community
  With the persecution and treatment that the LGBT community receive's in Russia we request that the UK accepts Russian LGBT citizen's for asylum here to give them a chance of a safe and happy life [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 7 May 2014, Signatures: 289
• Domestic Violence Prevention campaign in UK Schools
  School curriculum should include domestic violence prevention lessons . This word domestic violence projects superficial suffering and we need our younger generation to be aware of the mental abuse and torment and manipulation in relationships that [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 6 February 2015, Signatures: 41
• UK government to stand up for gay rights in Russia
  The Russian government is endorsing and accepting the torture and abuse of people entirely based on their sexuality. The UK government should make a public statement to reflect public opinion in this country that Russian laws and accepted behaviours [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 6 May 2014, Signatures: 998
• Reopen the railway from Exeter to Plymouth, via Okehampton & Tavistock
  With the ever more severe weather conditions that the UK, and especially the South West of England now experience, it is time to consider reopening the section of railway between Okehampton & Bere Alston in Devon. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 6 February 2015, Signatures: 755
• Player Transfer Tax
  This is a request to the UK Government to bring in a tax on New Player Registrations whenever a transfer fee is paid for a professional player in any UK sport. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 7 February 2015, Signatures: 17
• Challenge UK Sport Funding Principles on behalf of Synchronised Swimming
  Since funding of Synchronised Swimming began in 2007, the Sport has set and achieved competitive targets, capable of performing alongside the World's elite. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 6 May 2014, Signatures: 4948
• Ban all forms of Fox and Badger hunting and implement a catch neuter and release program to decrease the Fox and Badger population humanely
  The current UK laws on Fox hunting and Badger culling are ineffective and 80% of the UK population want bans on these so called blood sports. Time and again it has been proven that killing of such animals, similar to the stray dog issues in Eastern [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 7 February 2015, Signatures: 27
• Minimum wage for coach drivers
  Tourism in this country is big business, transporting visitors all over the country and taking UK residents abroad into and around Europe. For this the driver for a company receives on average of £8.00 per hour rising to around £10 per hour. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 18 February 2015, Signatures: 2
• proposed changes to school opening times
  Recently, Secretary of State of Education, Mr. Gove has proposed significant amendments to school opening hours and term times. In it he appealed to longer hours (9a.m. – 6p.m.) on the basis of Asian nations, however UK culture is grossly [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Restore UK Sport Funding for Waterpolo
  UK Sport decided to cut GB Women's Waterpolo's funding from £4.5m to £0. There was a £1.6m investment for the 2016 cycle in recognition of the progress made by the sport. The team have had 10 months since then, and with some of the team retiring [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 6 August 2014, Signatures: 3476
• Reconsitiute UK Sport for fairer funding
  UK Sport funding is elitist. It’s no compromise rule perpetuates funding for sports inaccessible to the vast majority. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 5 February 2015, Signatures: 545
• The Iraq Enquiry
  We would ask that the Iraq Enquiry, having taken an extended period of time to reach its conclusions, be published with all information regarding the UK-American political and diplomatic discussions of UK involvement prior too and including the Iraq [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Stop minimum pricing of alcohol.
  The proposed law is anti competitive, anti European, anti drinker; a government initiated cartel for the exclusive benefit of the companies that helped create the current state of affairs by loss leading on alcohol products. Supermarkets, amongst the [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 5 August 2014, Signatures: 4
• paying for anti-malarial prophylaxis for british tourists
  PREVENTION IS BETTER BTHAN CURE. So you'd think except when you are the Secretary of State for Health. MALARIA is the most preventable Worldwide killer especially when you travel from a non-endemic to an endemic region. The UK is Non-Endemic. Lack of [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 5 February 2015, Signatures: 3
• launch a royal commission on current drug policy
  I purpose that a royal commission be set up to seek better ways to deal with drugs both legal and illegal and the related problems in uk society. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Restore UK Sport funding for basketball
  UK Sport has removed funding from British Basketball, despite the sport sitting in the top three for youth participation across the United Kingdom, international results which have consistently improved over the past eight years, the nurturing of [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Monday 5 May 2014, Signatures: 2242
• tv licence civil matter with criminal consequences
  Many many people in the UK somehow think watching or recording ANY programes as they're shown in the UK is a civil matter WRONG anyone caught doing this has broken the law and will end up with a criminal record for life. With every household in the [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Ban the sale of electric shock and prong collars for dogs
  Make the sale or advertising of Electric shock and or pronged dog collars in the UK illegal [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Securing all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
  We want to raise more awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. People need to know about the rights enshrined within this document as it is seen as the foundation of any civilised society. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 6 February 2015, Signatures: 4
• Scottish Referendum
  We the people of the UK, demand that if the Scottish people vote for independance, then they accept that they will be allocated a portion of the UK national debt, including UK owned property or facilities to be independantly valued, this proportion [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Replace Jobseeker's Allowance with a National Job Guarantee
  The current system of paying the unemployed to sit at home achieves nothing - JSA should be replaced with a job guarantee, paid at 90% of the minimum wage (to avoid wage inflation) with 35 hours a week of guaranteed work, set hours and 5 weeks of [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 5 February 2015, Signatures: 1
• proposed extension to school hours
  The government are proposing to extend the school day till 6pm in the evening. This will enable working parents to afford to continue working, allow mothers to re-establish careers without the scrupulously high costs of childcare and enable those [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Tell us why it is much easier to get you to spend our money overseas on foreigners than it is to get you to spend our money in this country.
  Your whole ethos seems to be that UK taxpayers money is for spending on foreigners overseas than it is for using it properly to improve the lives and environment of the people who are forced, under threat of criminality, to hand over their money to [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Remove the automatic right to strike for public sector workers
  Public sector workers should not have the automatic right to strike. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• wwe bring a ppv to the uk on a yearly basis
  Get WWE to bring a Pay-Per-View to the UK on a yearly basis. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Ebay must sell Gumtree under UK Competition Laws as 98% domination of UK Online Secondhand Goods Sales
  At present a massive monopoly exists in the UK when looking to sell secondhand items in the UK ie Gumtree and Ebay... approx 98% of the secondhand online good market stalling innovation and increasing prices. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 4 February 2015, Signatures: 7
• Vote of no confidence in Michael Gove
  As teachers, educators, parents and students, we believe that the Education Secretary is wilfully ignoring what is best for the children of the UK; in favour of his own elitist agenda and the systematic deconstruction of our education system. He must [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Stop Uk Oil Company Surestream Petroleum From Drilling Lake Malawi For Oil
  Sign this petition to show your disgust in Surestream-petroleum & Sacoil holdings from drilling lake Malawi When the US Gov declared in 1984 that lake Malawi hold very low yield of oil for the cost and damage it will cause. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 6 May 2014, Signatures: 13
• Bring back Civil Defence
  For the relief of disasters in the UK,manned by trained volunteers with materials and training provided by central government. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 13 February 2015, Signatures: 4
• improve roads in the uk
  Improve roads [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 4 February 2015, Signatures: 2
• Overhaul international aid, increasing government reserves for UK emergencies
  Reduce total international aid from 12.6 billion (daily mail 2014) to increase UK government funds to support UK emergencies. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 12 November 2014, Signatures: 2
• WE DEMAND TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL PARKING OUTSIDE SCHOOLS
  Despite efforts by our government to stop this, every school day, our children's lives are put at risk by illegal parking outside schools. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 5 February 2015, Signatures: 70
• Save our Free School Buses/Porthtowan and Mawla to Mount Hawke
  Protect our free school buses from Porthtowan and Mawla to Mount Hawke Academy. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Monday 12 May 2014, Signatures: 72
• Stop the Saudi Government from destroying any more historical sites in Mecca and Medina
  The Wahhabi royal family in Saudi Arabia has slowly destroyed the historical and religious sites in the cities of Mecca and Medina. They must realise that not all Muslims agree with their interpretation of Islam and maintaining these sites is [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Monday 3 November 2014, Signatures: 84
• Referendum to agree the allocation of assets, debts and national services post a Yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum
  If in the event of a Yes vote in the Scottish Independence referendum, HM Government should organize a referendum in the UK to authorize any legal agreement which sets out the terms for the separation and allocation of UK assets, debts and national [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Clarification of UK/EU teeth whitening laws
  Having extensivley petitioned the EU commission and been provided with clarification regarding the EU position on the legalitys of cosmetic teeth whitening under EU law, we require clarification regarding the legal position in the UK. While we are [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 5 February 2015, Signatures: 38
• Grant British Overseas Territories Parliamentary Seats
  Britain's overseas territories are very important and well respected within Britain, and their association with Britain is proudly held within the respective territories. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Teach our school children useful foreign languages
  Up to this point UK modern language teaching has focused on French and German but in reality learning these languages does not provide individuals with any significant economic benefits. Citizens of these two countries study English to a great depth [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 3 February 2015, Signatures: 2
• EU Referendum In 2015
  I along with many UK citizens want a ''In'' or ''Out'' EU Referendum before 2015 so that the people of this country can decide on the UK's future rather than politicians who are refusing to let the people of this country choose which direction the [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 4 February 2015, Signatures: 2201
• procecution of arrainged marrieges under the age of concent
  There is a growing and hidden abuse of the arrainged marriage system going on mainly due for the aquisition of Uk passports. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Tax payers money should not be used to finance Ethiopian regime who commit atrocities against the Oromo people.
  It is well known that Ethiopia receives Hundreds of Millons of pounds from the UK government every year. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Thursday 12 February 2015, Signatures: 1
• Campaign to Get Pubs Extended Licensing Hours During the 2014 Brazil World Cup
  Government officials are not allowing pub licensing hours to be extended so we can watch England play our 11pm kick off's in Brazil at our locals. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Keep our pubs open during the 2014 FIFA World Cup for the late kick off times in the UK.
  We the undersigned wish for the opening hours of pubs in the uk to be relaxed so we can watch the England matches (and other games) in our local pub during the World Cup this summer. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Reduce the VAT rate for actual stores so they can compete with tax-avoiding online retailers.
  It's hardly news that retail is one of the key pillars of the UK economy; we're seeing our stores close, staff made redundant and high streets empty. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 7 February 2015, Signatures: 4
• Reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) back to 15% / 17.5% now financial crisis is over.
  The vat was increased circa 2007 due to the economic crisis facing the UK from 17.5% to 20%. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Sunday 3 August 2014, Signatures: 5
• Peterborough City Council Proposed Cuts to Children & Adult Services
  Peterborough City Council are proposing cuts of £2.9 Million to Adult Social Care, Childrens Services £1.4 includes closure of Childrens Centres, Complete cut to St Georges Hydrotherapy pool proposed in April. Part of a plan to save £19 Million. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• It is Time for a Rethink on Cannabis use.
  People viewing cannabis as an illegal drug only furthers the misconception that it is dangerous, addictive and unhealthy. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Re-form the Civil Defence Corps
  From 1949 until 1968 the UK had an organisation that was trained, equipped and able to assist the population in the event of a major disaster, the Civil Defence Corps. Primarily this was preparation for WWIII, but it also proved valuable in incidents [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 4 February 2015, Signatures: 2
• Give the UK a referendum to allow Scotland to keep the pound.
  If Scotland was to win the independence vote they have said that they would keep the pound & assumed that the new UK would be happy with this. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Stop the inappropriate transition site for Travellers ,Creekmoor Poole Dorset.
  Recently Poole Borough Council approved a motion to move forward to planning for construction of a traveller transition site at Creekmoor Poole Open from Easter to September Annually. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• End US extradition treaty if Amanda Knox isn't extradited to Italy
  If Amanda Knox's murder conviction is upheld and the US does not extradite her to Italy, the UK should terminate any extradition treaties it has with America. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Developing a Mass Driver for Nuclear Waste Removal
  Nuclear waste disposal is an important topic with discussions raging about just how the country and indeed world can dispose of Nuclear waste in a way which does not damage the environment or hamr locals. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 3 February 2015, Signatures: 3
• better maternity pay for parents in uk
  Maternity pay in UK is the third lowest in the European Union. Only Greece and Luxembourg have lower rate. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 10 February 2015, Signatures: 90
• STOP FORIEGN AID - HELP OUR FLOOD VICTIMS
  Give all the financial help to UK flood victims that is required, NOT foreign countries. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• STOP FORIEGN AID - HELP OUR FLOOD VICTIMS
  Give all the financial help to UK flood victims that is required, NOT foreign countries. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Tax on Nannies Should Be Taken From Gross Pay NOT Net Pay
  In the UK when it is necessary to employ a nanny the parent or "employer" is treated as such and must pay the nanny's tax. This is taken from the parent's NET pay after their tax. So this is double/triple tax as the parent pays the nanny's income [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 3 February 2015, Signatures: 7
• Changes to
  I am petitioning for the reinstatement of the right to bear firearms and the legalisation of handguns in line with the following statement: [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• URGENT REDUCTION OF The Number of MPs
  This partition is about restoring faith in the British system of government, it is about service, before self and most importantly it is about leading by example. [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• WE DEMAND TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL PARKING OUTSIDE SCHOOLS
  It is illegal to park on the Yellow Zig Zags outside schools; [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Bring back cropping and docking dobermann dogs to uk
  Cropping of ears and docking tails on dobermann or other breeds of dogs is banned in uk [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Friday 13 February 2015, Signatures: 2
• scottish referendum
  We the people of the UK, demand that if the Scottish people vote for independance, then they accept that they will be allocated a portion of the UK national debt, including UK owned property or facilities to be independantly valued, this proportion [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Introducing Ireland's Bass fishing rules to the UK
  It has been quite a wide spread converstion between anglers over the past few years about Bass stocks in the UK, this PETETION is to try and introduce a bag limit and over selling rules for Bass caught in UK waters there has been a lot of talk about [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 3 February 2015, Signatures: 7
• Campaigning for Oromo Human rights in Ethiopia.
  The Oromo people in Ethiopia are subjected torture in Ethiopian prison cells. Many people are dying in prison. There are approximately 40000 Oromo prisoners who have been suffering in Ethiopian custody without any trial. Most of the prisoners are [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 3 February 2015, Signatures: 5
• larger sharp boxes for diabetics.
  This petition is concerning that all diabetics need larger Sharp Boxes in their homes...some people in the UK are allowed large boxes and others are only allowed 1 litre boxes...its not nice trying to put used insulin pump equipment parts into it [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Wednesday 30 April 2014, Signatures: 64
• Public Enquiry into the Flood disaster in Somerset
  There is a need to establish why the views of local people in Somerset have been ignored for many years, despite their widespread knowledge and understanding of the causes of flooding and how to deal with it. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Tuesday 3 February 2015, Signatures: 523
• Proper consideration to be given to Stoke-on-Trent City Council's alternative HS2 route
  We believe Stoke-on-Trent City Council's alternative route for the second stage of HS2 presents the optimum path of the UK's largest infrastructure project in a generation. The proposal is well evidenced and should be given due regard by the DfT. The [...]
  Status: rejected, Signatures: 1
• Relax the Rules on sponsoring parents to settle in the UK
  At present the bar is set too high to sponsor parents to come to the UK. The provisions in Appendix FM for adult dependent relatives at E-ECDR 2.4 and 2.5 require them to demonstrate that they require long term personal care to perform every day [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Sunday 3 August 2014, Signatures: 142
• Pain Self-Management in the Community & Internet
  People experiencing pain in the community is on the increase, with 14million people reporting living with persistent pain here in the UK. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 31 January 2015, Signatures: 278
• Ban all UK pet shops from selling animals
  To ban the selling of companion animals in all UK pet shops. [...]
  Status: closed, Close Date: Saturday 31 January 2015, Signatures: 55