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
Change Statutory Paternity Pay to 90% of average weekly earnings.
Open from Thursday 20th January 2022 to Wednesday 20th July 2022
95 signatures
Monitor employment rates for all neurodivergent conditions
Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
95 signatures
Introduce inspections & safety ratings for beauty, nails and aesthetic services
Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
93 signatures
Opt-out of the UN/ECE Regulation 79
Open from Wednesday 15th September 2021 to Tuesday 15th March 2022
93 signatures
Bring out ration books for food, everyday items and baby items
Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
92 signatures
Adopt plans for a common charging cable for all new electronic portable devices
Open from Tuesday 14th June 2022 to Wednesday 28th December 2022
91 signatures
Bring forward the Net Zero emissions target to 2030
Open from Thursday 12th May 2022 to Saturday 26th November 2022
91 signatures
Ban Unpaid Internships lasting longer than 4 weeks
Open from Wednesday 22nd December 2021 to Wednesday 22nd June 2022
91 signatures
National bank holiday for Slavery Abolition
Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
91 signatures
Create Environmental Impact ratings for businesses with associated fines/reliefs
Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
91 signatures
Require clubs only sell drinks in cups with one-way flow
Open from Thursday 28th October 2021 to Thursday 28th April 2022
90 signatures
Protect employees from dismissal & disciplinary action for public communications
Open from Wednesday 27th October 2021 to Wednesday 27th April 2022
90 signatures
Ban the use of unpaid trial shifts
Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
90 signatures
Reduce maximum weekly working hours to 30, increase minimum wage to £15 per hour
Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
90 signatures
Enact right to repair as consumer law.
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
90 signatures
A Bank Holiday to Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the NHS
Open from Thursday 1st September 2022 to Wednesday 15th March 2023
89 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
Recognise pets as dependents in rights to time off work for dependents
Open from Thursday 28th October 2021 to Thursday 28th April 2022
88 signatures
Do not extend Sunday Trading Hours for Retail
Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
88 signatures
Make Eid a public holiday
Open from Monday 4th April 2022 to Tuesday 18th October 2022
87 signatures
Require all workplaces to have Mental Health First Aiders
Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
87 signatures
Introduce a Well-being of Future Generations Act, like they have in Wales
Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
85 signatures
Stop the age discrimination for wages. Pay all ages the National Living Wage.
Open from Monday 27th June 2022 to Tuesday 10th January 2023
85 signatures
Reclassify photography studios under leisure for the Restart Grant
Open from Tuesday 27th April 2021 to Wednesday 27th October 2021
85 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
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
Ban the advertisement and sale of weight loss products such as injections
Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
85 signatures
Require employers pay employees for mandatory work breaks
Open from Monday 13th September 2021 to Sunday 13th March 2022
84 signatures
Increase the apprenticeship minimum wage to match that of a normal employee.
Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
84 signatures
Ban Multi Level Marketing businesses from trading in the UK
Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
83 signatures
Ban the release of fireworks after 10pm, including on bonfire night
Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
83 signatures
Make Companies who make furloughed employees redundant pay them a retraining fee
Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
83 signatures
List which country components come from for products which are 'made in the UK'
Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
82 signatures
Introduce financial measures to support SMEs during Coronavirus outbreak
Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
82 signatures
Require businesses to grant free entry to accompanying carers
Open from Tuesday 21st September 2021 to Monday 21st March 2022
81 signatures
Pass a law to require workplaces to give women 1 day menstrual leave a month
Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
81 signatures
Make 26th & 27th July 2021 a one off Double Bank Holiday - Christmas in July!
Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
81 signatures
Ban Gambling advertising nationwide on all media platforms
Open from Tuesday 21st March 2023 to Thursday 21st September 2023
80 signatures
Reverse fracking moratorium and provide support for natural gas extraction
Open from Monday 5th September 2022 to Sunday 19th March 2023
80 signatures
Make World Mental Health Day a national bank holiday
Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
80 signatures
A yearly 2 week period where everything shuts down to let the world heal
Open from Tuesday 14th April 2020 to Wednesday 14th October 2020
80 signatures
Ban noisy fireworks for anything other than public display
Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
79 signatures
Make rooftop solar installations mandatory for all new homes valued over £400000
Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
79 signatures
Make employers give a minimum number of hours to staff on Zero-hours contracts
Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
79 signatures
Require gender neutral toilets in public areas
Open from Thursday 30th March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
78 signatures
Introduce a new UK bank holiday to mark the day we went into lockdown
Open from Tuesday 3rd November 2020 to Monday 3rd May 2021
78 signatures
Require homebuilders to have insurance to cover full cost of build over £1k
Open from Wednesday 25th May 2022 to Friday 9th December 2022
77 signatures
Do not give consent to the Rampion2 windfarm extension off the coast of Sussex
Open from Thursday 3rd March 2022 to Saturday 3rd September 2022
77 signatures
Increase our minimum wages by at least 12.2% in April 2022
Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
77 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
Close all non essential shops during the Covid-19 crisis
Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
77 signatures
Rename the early May bank holiday 'Union Day'
Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
76 signatures
Require all hospitality venues to provide large print and Braille menus
Open from Thursday 23rd September 2021 to Wednesday 23rd March 2022
76 signatures
Stop essential retailers selling non-essential goods in stores during lockdown
Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
76 signatures
Extend sugar tax to high sugar foods and restrict advertising
Review RdSAP energy performance assessments of Air Source Heat Pumps
Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
74 signatures
Remove the minimum 2 years work criteria to claim Constructive dismissal
Open from Thursday 28th April 2022 to Friday 11th November 2022
74 signatures
Ban the sale and use of sky lanterns
Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
74 signatures
Raise 18 to 20's minimum wage to £8.20 an hour to match 21 to 24 year olds
Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
74 signatures
Ban drilling for fossil fuels and put more money into using renewable energy.
Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
73 signatures
Make "Owain Glyndŵr Day" on September 16th a public holiday in Wales
Open from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 5th May 2021
73 signatures
Return all Utilities to National UK Government Ownership.
Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
72 signatures
Ban excess packaging (eg. plastic wrapped items within more plastic, multipacks)
Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
72 signatures
Mandatory warnings for venues and businesses that use strobe/flashing lights
Open from Tuesday 1st November 2022 to Monday 1st May 2023
71 signatures
Remove VAT from energy-saving products
Open from Wednesday 27th October 2021 to Wednesday 27th April 2022
71 signatures
Ban plastic cellulose acetate cigarette filters.
Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
71 signatures
Require all companies to remove personal information during application process
Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
71 signatures
Stop all new gas, oil and coal extraction
Open from Thursday 15th December 2022 to Thursday 15th June 2023
70 signatures
Reintroduce Feed-in Tariffs for domestic solar panels
Open from Friday 25th February 2022 to Thursday 25th August 2022
70 signatures
Businesses to repay furlough if subsequently making redundancies
Open from Friday 21st August 2020 to Sunday 21st February 2021
70 signatures
All infrastructure projects be tested against the Net Zero Emissions 2050 Law
Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
70 signatures
Ban the importation of wood pellets used for the generation of electricity.
Open from Wednesday 9th November 2022 to Tuesday 9th May 2023
69 signatures
Require evidence before Companies House can publish the departure of a Director
Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
69 signatures
Extra Bank Holiday when Covid restrictions are finally lifted
Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
69 signatures
Introduce a legal maximum temperature for indoor workplaces
Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
69 signatures
Allow stand up receptions at weddings
Open from Monday 28th June 2021 to Tuesday 28th December 2021
68 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
Require Companies Publish Diversity Ratios of those Furloughed and those Rehired
Open from Friday 21st August 2020 to Sunday 21st February 2021
68 signatures
Establish a Royal Commission on Tidal Energy and Coastal Defence
Open from Wednesday 27th April 2022 to Thursday 10th November 2022
67 signatures
Raise the level of the Feed In Tariff (FIT) for those with home Solar Panels.
Open from Friday 8th April 2022 to Saturday 22nd October 2022
67 signatures
Only fund renewable energy projects manufactured in the UK
Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
67 signatures
Require food items to display information relating to their carbon footprint
Open from Wednesday 20th October 2021 to Wednesday 20th April 2022
67 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
Ban button batteries from being used in children’s toys.
Open from Monday 5th September 2022 to Sunday 19th March 2023
66 signatures
Ban the use of virgin plastics in all packaging sold in the UK before 2023
Open from Monday 24th May 2021 to Wednesday 24th November 2021
66 signatures
Require sanitary bins be provided in men and women's toilets
Open from Wednesday 12th April 2023 to Thursday 12th October 2023
65 signatures
National minimum wage to £15 to help working families as inflation rises
Open from Tuesday 30th August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
65 signatures
Extend the Warm Home Discount to everyone with a disability
Open from Thursday 7th April 2022 to Friday 21st October 2022
65 signatures
Require companies to display environmental rating of the products on packaging
Open from Thursday 28th October 2021 to Thursday 28th April 2022
65 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 probationary periods of more than three months for UK workers
Increase subsidies and grants for homeowners to improve their energy ratings
Open from Friday 8th July 2022 to Sunday 22nd January 2023
64 signatures
Hold a public inquiry into unfair business practices during the pandemic
Open from Tuesday 11th January 2022 to Monday 11th July 2022
64 signatures
Require supermarkets to have defibrillators on site
Open from Thursday 4th March 2021 to Saturday 4th September 2021
64 signatures
Make free sanitary products in public and workplace toilets a legal requirement
Open from Tuesday 30th August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
63 signatures
Require UK-based manufacturers to run on a closed-loop water cycle
Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
63 signatures
Change our time zone to Single/Double British Summertime (SDST)
Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
63 signatures
Require shops to have their lights switched off after closing
Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
63 signatures
Ban private firework displays after 8pm and the use of rockets in built up areas
Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
62 signatures
Ban the use of fireworks in residential areas.
Open from Monday 9th January 2023 to Sunday 9th July 2023
61 signatures
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