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
Ban rotating shift patterns and require 4 weeks' notice of zero hours rota
Open from Wednesday 22nd March 2023 to Friday 22nd September 2023
20 signatures
Set a maximum working temperature at the workplace
Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
20 signatures
Make working from home a legal right for disabled workers
Open from Monday 7th February 2022 to Sunday 7th August 2022
20 signatures
Include Gyms and leisure centres in new Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant
Open from Tuesday 18th January 2022 to Monday 18th July 2022
20 signatures
Allow the sale of 10 cigarettes and 12.5g tobacco pouches
Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
20 signatures
Ban the automatic renewal of contracts
Open from Monday 1st November 2021 to Sunday 1st May 2022
20 signatures
Ban the sale of goods and services relating to tarot and spiritual readings
Open from Monday 11th October 2021 to Monday 11th April 2022
20 signatures
Extend the time period to report sexual harassment at work to a Tribunal
Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
20 signatures
Stop large public events being held until everyone is offered a COVID-19 vaccine
Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
20 signatures
Introduce mandatory registration of white goods to improve product recalls
Open from Friday 5th February 2021 to Thursday 5th August 2021
20 signatures
Make temperature checks mandatory in all shops.
Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
20 signatures
Ban employees monitoring applications in the UK
Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
20 signatures
Unleash this nation of entrepreneurs by transforming Start Up funding
Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
20 signatures
Ban the automatic renewal of contracts for insurance products
Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
20 signatures
Change the early May bank holiday to coincide with and celebrate VE Day
Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
20 signatures
Ban yearly increases while in a committed contract.
Open from Monday 13th July 2020 to Wednesday 13th January 2021
20 signatures
Extend paternity leave for new fathers/partners during Covid-19 lockdown.
Open from Tuesday 7th July 2020 to Thursday 7th January 2021
20 signatures
Require employers to compensate workers if shifts are cancelled at short notice
Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
20 signatures
Increase the budget for the UK Space Agency to £5 billion by 2024
Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
20 signatures
Bring in promised legislation to regulate heat networks to give users parity
Open from Monday 9th May 2022 to Wednesday 23rd November 2022
19 signatures
Do not require a Energy Performance rating of "C" for private lets after 2025/28
Open from Thursday 21st April 2022 to Friday 4th November 2022
19 signatures
Propose and back a global WTO carbon tax at COP 27
Open from Thursday 18th November 2021 to Wednesday 18th May 2022
19 signatures
Require gambling industry to implement a self-exclusion system for FOBTs
Open from Monday 25th October 2021 to Monday 25th April 2022
19 signatures
Create a Government manufacturing leadership forum for small and medium firms
Open from Tuesday 31st August 2021 to Monday 28th February 2022
19 signatures
Require glasses used in licenced establishments to be marked with the crown
Open from Friday 30th July 2021 to Sunday 30th January 2022
19 signatures
Require all tradesmen and labourers to have DBS checkes
Open from Wednesday 14th July 2021 to Friday 14th January 2022
19 signatures
Make minimum wages for 17 and 18 year old school leavers equal
Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
19 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
Temporarily ban the sale and use of disposable barbecues during lockdown
Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
19 signatures
Make it illegal to sell products above the RRP
Open from Monday 18th May 2020 to Wednesday 18th November 2020
19 signatures
Commit to keeping the 48 hour Working Time Directive rules for all UK Workers
Open from Wednesday 28th September 2022 to Tuesday 28th March 2023
18 signatures
Add a legal requirement for insurance companies to verify a policy holder's ID.
Open from Tuesday 5th July 2022 to Thursday 19th January 2023
18 signatures
Make it mandatory for all retailers to show how much VAT consumers have spent.
Open from Wednesday 1st June 2022 to Thursday 15th December 2022
18 signatures
DO NOT ban the manufacture, import, sale and use of fireworks
Open from Wednesday 10th November 2021 to Tuesday 10th May 2022
18 signatures
Ban the sale of needle and syringe sets to individuals without a prescription.
Open from Monday 25th October 2021 to Monday 25th April 2022
18 signatures
I would like the UK to re-introduce the imperial weights and measure system.
Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
18 signatures
Increase employment rights and protections for carers
Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
18 signatures
Increase the amount of Paternity leave from 2 weeks to a few months
Open from Thursday 22nd April 2021 to Friday 22nd October 2021
18 signatures
Require companies to report on Environment, Social and Governance factors
Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
18 signatures
Bank Holiday to recognise unity during Covid Pandemic
Open from Friday 27th November 2020 to Thursday 27th May 2021
18 signatures
Introduce tax savings for gym membership salary sacrifice schemes
Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
18 signatures
Require companies to provide free paper copies of accessible bills
Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
18 signatures
Require companies to issue refunds within 48 hours
Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
18 signatures
Require sellers of safety equipment to be licenced and registered
Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
18 signatures
Hold a public vote on any Government bailouts to individual companies
Open from Monday 29th June 2020 to Tuesday 29th December 2020
18 signatures
Provide a rescue package for UK scientific research
Open from Tuesday 12th May 2020 to Thursday 12th November 2020
18 signatures
Require Electricity Suppliers to actively promote Carbon Intensity awareness
Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
17 signatures
Introduce a Christmas light ban for households to save electricity in the winter
Open from Tuesday 16th August 2022 to Thursday 2nd March 2023
17 signatures
Ban sale of all sharply pointed knives to the general public
Open from Monday 1st August 2022 to Wednesday 15th February 2023
17 signatures
Change the qualifying time period for unfair dismissal from 2 years to 1 year
Open from Tuesday 4th May 2021 to Thursday 4th November 2021
17 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
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
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
Under 16 smartphone ban
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
17 signatures
Stop All Petrol Stations from selling Alcohol after 10pm/ 24hours
Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
17 signatures
Replace the undertaking in difficulty requirement in CBILS and Bounce Back loans
Open from Monday 13th July 2020 to Wednesday 13th January 2021
17 signatures
Make statutory redundancy pay 1.5 weeks per year of service for all workers
Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
16 signatures
Ban the sale of energy drinks to under 13s.
Open from Thursday 29th December 2022 to Thursday 29th June 2023
16 signatures
Give employees rights and support to buy employers as co-ops when facing closure
Open from Monday 17th October 2022 to Monday 17th April 2023
16 signatures
Ban food delivery businesses from delivering alcohol to homes
Open from Wednesday 5th October 2022 to Wednesday 5th April 2023
16 signatures
Bank Holiday for England Women's Team Winning the Euros
Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2022 to Friday 17th February 2023
16 signatures
Impose an age restriction on fizzy drinks of 6 and above
Open from Thursday 16th June 2022 to Friday 30th December 2022
16 signatures
Require all shops and supermarkets to close from 23rd to 26th December
Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
16 signatures
Increase entitlements to rest breaks at work
Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
16 signatures
Age Restrict all blades
Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 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
Set minimum working temperature requirements in law for all workplaces
Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
16 signatures
Require shops to regularly sanitise till areas and card readers
Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
16 signatures
Remove opening hour restrictions on licenced venues but impose three drink limit
Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
16 signatures
Government to declare a new annual bank holiday to celebrate essential workers
Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
16 signatures
Extend Covid-19 grants to businesses registered after 11 March
Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
16 signatures
Require all merchants to accept cashless payments
Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
16 signatures
Change the law so employers can’t enforce dress codes surrounding dyed hair
Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
16 signatures
Government backing for the Swansea Tidal Lagoon Power Generation
Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
16 signatures
Increase funding for bio-fuel plants
Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
15 signatures
Require full pay for staff off with long-term sickness including cancer
Open from Monday 11th July 2022 to Wednesday 25th January 2023
15 signatures
Drop unnecessary plans for a deeply damaging switch
from the CE to UK CA mark
Open from Wednesday 14th July 2021 to Friday 14th January 2022
15 signatures
End restrictions on 16 and 17 year olds working overnight shifts
Open from Tuesday 25th May 2021 to Thursday 25th November 2021
15 signatures
Make every 29 February a "leap year day" Bank Holiday
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
15 signatures
Require petrol stations to have a pay at pump option
Open from Tuesday 2nd February 2021 to Monday 2nd August 2021
15 signatures
Mandatory QR codes on hazardous goods that link to material safety data sheets
Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
15 signatures
Make Halloween a bank holiday.
Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
15 signatures
Mandatory closure of retail etc on New Years Day to celebrate the ending of 2020
Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
15 signatures
Limit the price of residential electric vehicle chargers to energy price cap
Open from Monday 21st November 2022 to Sunday 21st May 2023
14 signatures
Create a fund to support people who lose their jobs to automation
Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
14 signatures
Create a new permanent bank holiday celebrating and encouraging women in sport
Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2022 to Friday 17th February 2023
14 signatures
Make each county’s patron saint day a bank holiday for that individual county
Open from Thursday 14th July 2022 to Saturday 28th January 2023
14 signatures
Keep May 30th as a Bank Holiday
Open from Tuesday 26th April 2022 to Wednesday 9th November 2022
14 signatures
Introduce a 12-hour weekly working limit for under 18s in full-time education
Open from Tuesday 7th December 2021 to Tuesday 7th June 2022
14 signatures
Require all hospitality venues clearly display current prices of all drinks
Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
14 signatures
Make it illegal to sell rope to under 25s
Open from Wednesday 6th October 2021 to Wednesday 6th April 2022
14 signatures
Introduce laws that require all businesses to respond to every job application
Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
14 signatures
Require all businesses providing food to have adrenaline auto-injectors on site
Open from Tuesday 29th June 2021 to Wednesday 29th December 2021
14 signatures
Create a UK Wellbeing and Future Generations Act
Open from Wednesday 3rd March 2021 to Friday 3rd September 2021
14 signatures
Require occupational pension funds be held independently of employer
Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
14 signatures
Implement restrictions on how many items people can buy in supermarkets
Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
14 signatures
Cover 100% of Green Homes Grant improvements for all households
Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
14 signatures
The proposed bank holiday in October should be called Trafalgar Day
Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
14 signatures
Extend Paternity Leave by 3 months with pay in light of Covid-19
Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
14 signatures
Fund a manned spaceflight programme
Open from Thursday 14th April 2022 to Friday 28th October 2022
13 signatures
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