Ministry of Justice

The Ministry of Justice is a major government department, at the heart of the justice system. We work to protect and advance the principles of justice. Our vision is to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone in society. MOJ is a ministerial department, supported by 34 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP
  Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
• Kit Malthouse MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Crime and Policing)
• Alex Chalk MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
• Chris Philp MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Immigration Compliance and Justice)
• Lord (David) Wolfson of Tredegar QC
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Petitions linked to this department

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• Introduce a national Hate Crime Register for use by employers
  Opened on Friday 23rd July 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Increase the sentence for Racist Hate Crime from 6 months to minimum 5 years
  Opened on Friday 23rd July 2021
  50 signatures so far

• Allow Judges to suspend Passports if guilty of a racist & religious hate crime.
  Opened on Thursday 22nd July 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Ban marriages of 1st cousins and give registry offices powers to order DNA tests
  Opened on Thursday 22nd July 2021
  19 signatures so far

• Increase penalties for racist and religious hate crimes
  Opened on Tuesday 20th July 2021
  11 signatures so far

• Make racist abuse a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Tuesday 20th July 2021
  20 signatures so far

• Make breach of any court order a criminal offence
  Opened on Monday 19th July 2021
  25 signatures so far

• Introduce a higher maximum prison sentence for Racial Abuse
  Opened on Wednesday 14th July 2021
  219 signatures so far

• Stop Grooming Gang members accessing public funds to fight their convictions
  Opened on Tuesday 13th July 2021
  5,417 signatures so far

• Create an Unborn Victims of Violence Act
  Opened on Monday 12th July 2021
  111 signatures so far

• Make virginity testing illegal
  Opened on Thursday 8th July 2021
  72 signatures so far

• Prevent child sex offenders from serving parts of their sentence in open prisons
  Opened on Wednesday 7th July 2021
  33 signatures so far

• Make Euthanasia legal in the UK for people who are terminally ill
  Opened on Friday 25th June 2021
  29 signatures so far

• Mandatory Life Sentence For Child Sex Offences
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd June 2021
  54 signatures so far

• Arrange release of prisoners with IPP sentences that have served their tariff
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  34 signatures so far

• Amend domestic abuse laws to protect people from being forced into a career
  Opened on Monday 21st June 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Change the law so legal rights of Special Guardians are extended to funeral date
  Opened on Friday 18th June 2021
  890 signatures so far

• Abolish the legal defence of Reasonable Chastisement in England
  Opened on Thursday 17th June 2021
  17 signatures so far

• Make Ageism a Hate Crime
  Opened on Monday 14th June 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Give prisoners the right to attend family funerals during the pandemic
  Opened on Friday 11th June 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Allow people over the age Eighteen to be lawfully adopted
  Opened on Thursday 10th June 2021
  51 signatures so far

• Prevent emergency workers who are victims of crime being named by the press
  Opened on Monday 7th June 2021
  88 signatures so far

• Allow 'Paper Abortions' so fathers can opt out of parenthood during pregnancy
  Opened on Thursday 3rd June 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Change the current outdated law on Bereavement Damages
  Opened on Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  156 signatures so far

• Extend Employment Tribinal limitation period for disability dscrimination.
  Opened on Tuesday 1st June 2021
  35 signatures so far

• Make it mandatory for Police & CPS to provide counselling to ALL victims of CSA
  Opened on Friday 28th May 2021
  2,637 signatures so far

• Amend the legal definition of rape so women can be charged with rape
  Opened on Friday 28th May 2021
  40 signatures so far

• Make tool theft a specific criminal offence with tougher penalties
  Opened on Wednesday 26th May 2021
  384 signatures so far

• Create legal protections for people who publicly name their abuser
  Opened on Tuesday 25th May 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Stop courts being able to grant care orders based on risk of future suffering
  Opened on Thursday 20th May 2021
  19 signatures so far

• To have all court judges voted for as MPs are voted for
  Opened on Thursday 20th May 2021
  26 signatures so far

• Bring back the death penalty for certain offences including murder
  Opened on Monday 17th May 2021
  136 signatures so far

• Make convicted murdered ineligible for compassionate release
  Opened on Thursday 13th May 2021
  84 signatures so far

• Update the law on murder and incorporate the offence into statutory law
  Opened on Monday 10th May 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Review handling of rape cases & training given to investigating police officers
  Opened on Friday 7th May 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Allow conjugal visits in England and Wales
  Opened on Thursday 6th May 2021
  81 signatures so far

• Give legal rights to be accompanied by family/friends in court
  Opened on Wednesday 5th May 2021
  77 signatures so far

• Make patterned domestic violence a specific criminal offence with no time limits
  Opened on Wednesday 5th May 2021
  105 signatures so far

• Make sending unsolicited nudes a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Thursday 29th April 2021
  1,814 signatures so far

• Abolish time limits for legal action for medical negligence related to pregnancy
  Opened on Wednesday 28th April 2021
  100 signatures so far

• Give parents automatic rights to equal contact with children after separation
  Opened on Wednesday 28th April 2021
  102 signatures so far

• Public inquiry into the drop in prosecutions for rape and other sexual offences
  Opened on Wednesday 28th April 2021
  580 signatures so far

• Stricter criteria before appointing individual with power of attorney
  Opened on Tuesday 27th April 2021
  24 signatures so far

• Stricter laws governing the purchase/acquisition/possession of crossbows
  Opened on Monday 26th April 2021
  41,214 signatures so far

• Provide a Covid-19 recovery package for prisoners and their families
  Opened on Monday 26th April 2021
  31 signatures so far

• Create a Government register for holding wills
  Opened on Friday 23rd April 2021
  63 signatures so far

• Allow the Polygraph Test to be used in the Court of Law
  Opened on Friday 23rd April 2021
  376 signatures so far

• Create a compensation scheme for remanded prisoners found not guilty
  Opened on Friday 23rd April 2021
  247 signatures so far

• Mandatory life sentence for abuse of a child
  Opened on Thursday 22nd April 2021
  349 signatures so far

• Make it a specific criminal offence for social workers to lie
  Opened on Wednesday 21st April 2021
  2,571 signatures so far

• Recognise Pagan handfasting as a legal form of marriage in England and Wales
  Opened on Wednesday 21st April 2021
  10,964 signatures so far

• Increase all harassment sentence limits (sexual and non)

• Increase all harassment sentence limits (sexual and non)
  Opened on Tuesday 20th April 2021
  26 signatures so far

• Formally ban the use of the "Gay Panic Defence"
  Opened on Monday 19th April 2021
  424 signatures so far

• Fund improved conditions and counselling for male inmates
  Opened on Monday 19th April 2021
  185 signatures so far

• Early release for all prisoners who have been locked up through covid
  Opened on Friday 16th April 2021
  37 signatures so far

• Repeal hate speech laws other than advocating for violence
  Opened on Friday 16th April 2021
  20 signatures so far

• 30 Mile Law – Restraining Orders to protect survivors of abuse
  Opened on Friday 16th April 2021
  1,462 signatures so far

• Make legal aid available to all parents in family court cases
  Opened on Thursday 15th April 2021
  45 signatures so far

• Public inquiry into sentencing for child sexual offences
  Opened on Thursday 15th April 2021
  52 signatures so far

• Allow Cornish wedding vows
  Opened on Wednesday 14th April 2021
  133 signatures so far

• Make it illegal to post photos of under 16s online
  Opened on Wednesday 14th April 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Make the spreading of misinformation about a civil or health crisis an offence
  Opened on Tuesday 13th April 2021
  57 signatures so far

• Make legal aid available to all victims of domestic abuse/coercive control
  Opened on Tuesday 13th April 2021
  97 signatures so far

• Prohibit the publication of names of defendants prior to conviction
  Opened on Tuesday 13th April 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Increase punishments and sentences for perpetrators of domestic violences
  Opened on Tuesday 13th April 2021
  624 signatures so far

• Increase sentences for crimes relating to bodily harm of another individual
  Opened on Monday 12th April 2021
  25 signatures so far

• Make non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence
  Opened on Monday 12th April 2021
  212 signatures so far

• Increase minimum and maximum sentences for all sexual offences
  Opened on Friday 9th April 2021
  23,696 signatures so far

• Mandatory community service for litter droppers.
  Opened on Thursday 8th April 2021
  24 signatures so far

• Zero Tolerance on Knife Crime
  Opened on Thursday 8th April 2021
  68 signatures so far

• Allow all foster children over the age of 12 the choice of who to live with
  Opened on Thursday 1st April 2021
  21 signatures so far

• Bring in mandatory life sentences for online grooming of a child
  Opened on Thursday 1st April 2021
  94 signatures so far

• Ensure 'Indecent exposure' does not include women going topless in public
  Opened on Tuesday 30th March 2021
  30 signatures so far

• Make slander a criminal offence
  Opened on Tuesday 30th March 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Make it a specific offence to expose a child to any amount of Class A drug
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  15,812 signatures so far

• Minimum 10-year sentence for knife possession and 20 years for use of a knife
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  35 signatures so far

• Prohibit the publication of addresses of defendants and convicted offenders
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  213 signatures so far

• Make all restraining orders permanent
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  1,079 signatures so far

• Allow parents to be exempt from Jury Service
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Make abuse and assault of retail workers a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Friday 26th March 2021
  32 signatures so far

• Add social workers to the professions it is an additional offence to assault
  Opened on Thursday 25th March 2021
  13,793 signatures so far

• Fund a dedicated hotline for reporting harassment and provide advice
  Opened on Thursday 25th March 2021
  243 signatures so far

• Mandatory 50 year sentence for child sex abuse, rape, murder, terrorism & kidnap
  Opened on Wednesday 24th March 2021
  44 signatures so far

• Ensure violence against women cannot be authorised under the CHIS Act
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  1,562 signatures so far

• Make the minimum penalty for all sexual offences imprisonment.
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  311 signatures so far

• Minimum 8-year custodial sentence for all violent crime and sexual offences
  Opened on Monday 22nd March 2021
  244 signatures so far

• Enact the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act and make EIAs mandatory
  Opened on Monday 22nd March 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Monday 22nd March 2021
  3,298 signatures so far

• Automatic reporting restrictions for witnesses/victims under the age of 18
  Opened on Friday 19th March 2021
  119 signatures so far

• Enable those lacking capacity to stand trial to be registered as sex offenders
  Opened on Friday 19th March 2021
  1,533 signatures so far

• Drivers who drop litter should be made to clear litter from the roadsides.
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  107 signatures so far

• Make it a specific offence to lie about your age to engage in sexual activities
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  33 signatures so far

• Mandatory 6pm curfew for people on the sex offenders register
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  194 signatures so far

• Make misogyny and sexism a hate crime
  Opened on Tuesday 16th March 2021
  354 signatures so far

• Make fines proportionate to income
  Opened on Monday 15th March 2021
  23 signatures so far

• Extend the legal definition of rape
  Opened on Friday 12th March 2021
  306 signatures so far

• Remove parental responsibility of convicted child sex offenders
  Opened on Friday 12th March 2021
  1,638 signatures so far

• Make it illegal to video or take photos of a disabled person without permission
  Opened on Thursday 11th March 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Extend Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 protections to all Wildlife
  Opened on Thursday 11th March 2021
  632 signatures so far

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