BEIS existed until 2023 when it was split to form the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Responsibility for national security and investment policy has gone to the Cabinet Office.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy
Ministers
Prevent/deter the buying and reselling of goods/services at inflated prices.
Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
18,273 signatures
Mandatory Braille labels on all items sold in supermarkets
Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
336 signatures
Mandatory Hazard Pay for all workers on the front line in the COVID-19 pandemic
Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
113 signatures
Regulate the role of Funeral Directors
Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
3,040 signatures
Close all businesses on boxing day to allow people to enjoy family time in 2020
Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
35 signatures
Ban the use of fireworks in residential areas
Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
161 signatures
Introduce a "France style" repair and longevity label on electronic products.
Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
50 signatures
Extra Bank Holiday when Covid restrictions are finally lifted
Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
69 signatures
Christmas in July - 2 extra days off on Friday 23rd and Monday 26th July 2021
Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
311 signatures
Create UK Bank Holidays on 25th and 28th June 2021 in lieu of Christmas 2020
Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
155 signatures
Defer Christmas & Boxing Day holidays of 2020 to summer of 2021
Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
58 signatures
Require all key and essential workers be paid at least the Real Living Wage
Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
1,251 signatures
Increase the number of Bank Holidays/Public Holidays
Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
43 signatures
Create an extra bank holiday at Easter 2021 to let people make up for Xmas
Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
13 signatures
Make June 23rd a bank holiday to celebrate UK Independence Day
Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
45 signatures
New public holiday 2nd to 5th July 2021 to celebrate a postponed Christmas 2020
Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
47 signatures
Set a 5-year plan to lead the UK to self-sustainability, less reliance on others
Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
26 signatures
Make temperature checks mandatory in all shops.
Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
20 signatures
Consider hair loss clinics to be essential businesses during lockdown situations
Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
41 signatures
Create a COVID rating system for leisure facilities & increase financial aid.
Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
8 signatures
Review the law on lone night working to reduce risk to employees in hospitality
Review plans for a Category C prison at Full Sutton
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
1,319 signatures
Allocated time for fireworks to be set off on 5th November.
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
57 signatures
Require mobile phones sold in the UK to be repairable by consumers
Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
1,093 signatures
Employers to pay for employee's break times.
Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
35 signatures
Under 16 smartphone ban
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
17 signatures
Ban plug socket ‘safety’ covers and raise awareness of the risks they can create
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
77 signatures
Support Companies and Staff to work from Home with a Work From Home Grant
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
22 signatures
Covid-secure certification to allow businesses to open during lockdowns
Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
123 signatures
Work to establish a global Severance Guarantee Fund for clothing supply chains
Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
17 signatures
Require calories to be displayed on all alcoholic drinks
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
40 signatures
Close Garden Centres and Nurseries during the Lockdown
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
51 signatures
Create an executive non-departmental public body for Hospitality
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
12 signatures
Restrict sale of all rodenticide "poison" products to licensed users
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
430 signatures
Give pregnant women unable to work from home rights to be suspended on full pay
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
85 signatures
Require all essential retailers to sanitise trolleys & baskets between customers
Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
59 signatures
Ban phone companies in the UK from charging any roaming charges
Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
59 signatures
A national holiday and day of remembrance for those lost in the COVID pandemic
Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
10,648 signatures
Make it illegal to force employees to use annual leave to cover self isolation
Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
67 signatures
Lower alcohol tax for pubs and all hospitality sectors due to COVID-19
Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
39 signatures
Raise minimum wage to £10.50 for 25+, To comply with inflation and living costs
Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
39 signatures
Extend entitlements to breaks to nursing mothers working under 6 hour shifts
Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
49 signatures
On-line vendors to show the country of manufacture for items sold in the UK.
Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
2,766 signatures
Create a scheme to legally recognise those exempt from wearing face masks
Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
435 signatures
Legislate that employers must allow non-essential employees to work from home
Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
50 signatures
Provide grants for energy costs for people who are shielding
Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
26 signatures
Make it illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of appearance
Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
50 signatures
Give employees a statutory right to time off for assisted conception inc. IVF
Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
113 signatures
Give job candidates a legal entitlement to constructive feedback after interview
Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
43 signatures
Extend all consumer rights law to private sellers purporting to be businesses
Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
89 signatures
Put a price cap on electric car charging
Open from Tuesday 2nd February 2021 to Monday 2nd August 2021
21 signatures
Require petrol stations to have a pay at pump option
Open from Tuesday 2nd February 2021 to Monday 2nd August 2021
15 signatures
Give parents rights to be furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Open from Tuesday 2nd February 2021 to Monday 2nd August 2021
42 signatures
Require shops to regularly sanitise till areas and card readers
Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
16 signatures
Regulate the beauty industry
Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
386 signatures
Make March 23rd an annual National COVID Memorial day from 2022
Open from Thursday 4th February 2021 to Wednesday 4th August 2021
991 signatures
Make it a legal requirement to list an expected salary on job advertisements.
Open from Friday 5th February 2021 to Thursday 5th August 2021
50 signatures
Introduce mandatory registration of white goods to improve product recalls
Open from Friday 5th February 2021 to Thursday 5th August 2021
20 signatures
Change the date that the clocks go forward to Saturday 13th February 2021
Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
8 signatures
Create a new permanent public holiday on the nearest Monday to Midsummers Day
Open from Tuesday 9th February 2021 to Monday 9th August 2021
17 signatures
Compulsory to display country of manufacture on all goods at point of sale
Open from Tuesday 9th February 2021 to Monday 9th August 2021
2,905 signatures
Delay ban on coal and increase funding for transition for those reliant on coal
Open from Tuesday 9th February 2021 to Monday 9th August 2021
3,990 signatures
Grant Legal Guardians rights to paid parental leave
Open from Wednesday 10th February 2021 to Tuesday 10th August 2021
415 signatures
Enhance maternity leave to be at full pay for 6 months
Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
6,802 signatures
Ban the sale of cheap polystyrene bodyboards
Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
6,693 signatures
Raise the Universal Credit allowance for over 18s to match people aged 25 & over
Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
17 signatures
Make unsolicited postal marketing illegal.
Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
28 signatures
Start British Summer Time a month earlier this year, on 28th February, 2021
Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
6 signatures
Extend statutory bereavement leave to pregnancy loss before 24 weeks
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
37,297 signatures
Enact right to repair as consumer law.
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
90 signatures
All worker's rights to be enforceable after 6 months, not 2 years.
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
32 signatures
Make every 29 February a "leap year day" Bank Holiday
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
15 signatures
Get the UK's carbon emissions to net-zero by 2040.
Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
68 signatures
Revoke the decision to give development consent to Hornsea Project Three
Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
12 signatures
Abolish zero hours contracts
Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
55 signatures
Increase the amount of maternity and paternity paid leave
Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
60 signatures
Require paper bags be available at all supermarket and Grocery shop.
Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
35 signatures
Set minimum working temperature requirements in law for all workplaces
Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
16 signatures
Introduce statutory regulation of rent increases for commercial properties
Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
16 signatures
Introduce a legal right for employees to work remotely
Open from Friday 19th February 2021 to Thursday 19th August 2021
398 signatures
Subsidise household energy costs, during Stay at Home restrictions
Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
46 signatures
Require companies to report on Environment, Social and Governance factors
Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
18 signatures
Toughen penalties for restaurants failing to allow delivery couriers toilet use
Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
85 signatures
Prohibit employers from requiring employees to have a Covid-19 vaccine
Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
19,381 signatures
Give family and friends a right to compassionate leave for attending a funeral
Open from Monday 1st March 2021 to Wednesday 1st September 2021
12 signatures
Regulate the naming of cosmetic and beauty products based on their ingredients
Open from Monday 1st March 2021 to Wednesday 1st September 2021
216 signatures
Ban the manufacture of all products containing plastic in the UK
Open from Tuesday 2nd March 2021 to Thursday 2nd September 2021
57 signatures
Create a UK Wellbeing and Future Generations Act
Open from Wednesday 3rd March 2021 to Friday 3rd September 2021
14 signatures
Require supermarkets to have defibrillators on site
Open from Thursday 4th March 2021 to Saturday 4th September 2021
64 signatures
Ban the advertising of products which are not plant-based and cruelty-free
Open from Thursday 4th March 2021 to Saturday 4th September 2021
61 signatures
New Bank Holiday last Monday of October to celebrate multi-cultural Britain
Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
25 signatures
Introduce statutory paid bereavement leave for loss of family or close friends
Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
19 signatures
Ban fire and rehire employment tactics
Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
15,494 signatures
Make June 22nd (or the day after Nightclubs reopen) a bank holiday
Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
13 signatures
Fund a Lunar colony.
Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
22 signatures
Expand Bounce Back Loan eligibility to businesses established since March 2020
Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
7 signatures
Extend the mortgage guarantee scheme to cover 100% mortgages
Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
23 signatures
Increase the level of Additional Restrictions Grants for eligible businesses
Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
65 signatures
Ban the use of bots for all online purchase
Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
48 signatures
Prohibit gambling unless individuals are registered members of a gambling shop
Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
110 signatures
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