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 35 agencies and public bodies.

Website

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

Ministers

• Alex Chalk KC MP
  Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
• The Rt Hon Edward Argar MP
  Minister of State
• The Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP
  Minister of State
• Mike Freer MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
• Lord Bellamy KC
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Petitions linked to this department

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• Allow conjugal visits for prisoners in England and Wales
  Opened on Thursday 19th December 2024
  56 signatures so far

• Criminalise individuals for discrimination against disabled employees in UK.
  Opened on Monday 16th December 2024
  21 signatures so far

• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.
  Opened on Thursday 12th December 2024
  111 signatures so far

• Hold a referendum to decide if the UK should leave the ECHR.
  Opened on Wednesday 11th December 2024
  4,671 signatures so far

• Legally require unanimous jury verdicts for serious offences.
  Opened on Wednesday 11th December 2024
  52 signatures so far

• Make it a legal offence for a parent to be absent from their child's life.
  Opened on Wednesday 11th December 2024
  45 signatures so far

• Hold a public inquiry into the work of the Family Courts
  Opened on Friday 29th November 2024
  149 signatures so far

• Restrict the use of disclaimers by police to relinquish ownership of dogs
  Opened on Wednesday 27th November 2024
  92 signatures so far

• Remove the 28 day time limit from the unduly lenient sentence scheme for murder
  Opened on Wednesday 6th November 2024
  2,293 signatures so far

• Allow 'Paper Abortions' so fathers can opt out of parenthood during pregnancy
  Open from Friday 17th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  14 signatures

• Make it a specific crime for members of the public to pose as a child online
  Open from Wednesday 15th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  21 signatures

• Introduce new age restrictions regarding sexual activity
  Open from Tuesday 7th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Review youth sentencing and justice
  Open from Friday 3rd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  21 signatures

• Create right of appeal against jury verdict if trial uses only certain evidence
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  453 signatures

• Review Ofsted's report on CAFCASS
  Open from Thursday 25th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  538 signatures

• Statutory inquiry into allegations against parents of neurodiverse children
  Open from Tuesday 23rd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  156 signatures

• Require family court proceedings initiated by public services be held in public
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  57 signatures

• Stop allowing criminals to appeal their sentences
  Open from Wednesday 10th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• Impose 30 Year Minimum Sentence Without Parole for Child Murderers
  Open from Tuesday 9th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  501 signatures

• Cap Legal Aid to 2 hours
  Open from Tuesday 9th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  12 signatures

• Introduce new rules on who can witness and be a certificate provider for an LPA
  Open from Monday 8th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  11 signatures

• Review and reform the judicial complaints process
  Open from Monday 8th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  41 signatures

• Change the law so women can be prosecuted for rape under the relevant Act
  Open from Friday 5th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  59 signatures

• Require financial institutions to register LPAs online using an access code
  Open from Thursday 4th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Require 30-year minimum prison term for premeditated murder regardless of age
  Open from Tuesday 2nd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  41 signatures

• Make parental alienation a criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 28th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  438 signatures

• Impose a five-year minimum sentence for carrying knives
  Open from Thursday 28th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  2,110 signatures

• Require sexual assault and rape cases be heard by multiple judges, with no jury
  Open from Wednesday 27th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  41 signatures

• Take action to support families where a parent is convicted of domestic violence
  Open from Wednesday 27th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  41 signatures

• Remove the 28-day time limit from the unduly lenient sentence scheme for murder
  Open from Wednesday 27th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,346 signatures

• Reimburse wrongfully convicted for deductions from compensation for living cost
  Open from Tuesday 26th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  50 signatures

• Require lifetime restraining orders for convicts of domestic violence offences
  Open from Monday 25th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  27 signatures

• Review Cafcass approach to "parental alienation"
  Open from Friday 22nd March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  259 signatures

• Reduce benefits for those convicted of a criminal office
  Open from Tuesday 19th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  27 signatures

• Review how family court considers children's voices and feelings
  Open from Thursday 14th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  335 signatures

• Increase compensation available to jurors to cover lost earnings and other costs
  Open from Wednesday 13th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  35 signatures

• Ensure mandatory 10-year prison sentence for all unlawful killing convictions
  Open from Friday 8th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  74 signatures

• More funding should be put towards prisons to improve conditions
  Open from Wednesday 6th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Give legal right of contact between grandchildren and grandparents
  Open from Wednesday 21st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,525 signatures

• Review and reform CAFCASS
  Open from Wednesday 21st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  187 signatures

• Make creating non-consensual AI-generated pornography a criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 21st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  36 signatures

• Implement Affirmative Consent for Sexual Activity
  Open from Tuesday 20th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  13,356 signatures

• Introduce tougher sentences for one punch assaults that kill
  Open from Monday 19th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  116 signatures

• Set automatic bail requirements for those charged with domestic violence offence
  Open from Thursday 15th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  5,369 signatures

• Restrict legal aid to UK citizens
  Open from Thursday 15th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  309 signatures

• Mandatory prison sentences for anyone employing people not entitled to work

• Mandatory prison sentences for anyone employing people not entitled to work
  Open from Thursday 15th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  37 signatures

• Government to create scheme for free divorces for victims of domestic abuse
  Open from Friday 9th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  53 signatures

• Recognise handfasting marriage in law in England and Wales
  Open from Monday 5th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  191 signatures

• Give courts powers to sentence offenders to national service instead of prison
  Open from Friday 2nd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  64 signatures

• Make lying and spreading of disinformation in public office a criminal offence
  Open from Tuesday 30th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  119 signatures

• Give parents of the deceased rights to administer estate if inheritor is a minor
  Open from Tuesday 30th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Record all proceedings at magistrates’ courts
  Open from Tuesday 30th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  145 signatures

• Increase the minimum sentence for illegal possession of a knife to 20 years
  Open from Thursday 25th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  55 signatures

• Introduce a Duty to Rescue Law in England and Wales
  Open from Thursday 25th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  487 signatures

• Change the justice system by removing juries from child sexual abuse cases
  Open from Tuesday 23rd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  81 signatures

• Amend Sec 10A of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 to include Christian marriages
  Open from Monday 22nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  19 signatures

• Increase the minimum sentence for murder to 20 years
  Open from Thursday 18th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  276 signatures

• Increase sentences for some crimes and make all life sentences whole life orders
  Open from Tuesday 16th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  68 signatures

• Review the use of force & segregation on prisoners with mental health conditions
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  451 signatures

• Introduce a fast-track process for cases involving coercive control
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  57 signatures

• Do not allow original wills to be destroyed after 25 years
  Open from Tuesday 9th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  15,793 signatures

• Ban the naming of suspects/defendants before conviction
  Open from Monday 8th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  69 signatures

• Remove need for consent from married spouse to change surname.
  Open from Monday 8th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  26 signatures

• Hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying
  Open from Friday 5th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  212,107 signatures

• Make spiking an indictable offence with minimum of 3 months prison and area bans
  Open from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  137 signatures

• Review the role of juries in sexual offence trials
  Open from Wednesday 27th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  28 signatures

• Abolish compulsory jury service
  Open from Thursday 21st December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  44 signatures

• Change Law - Drivers Who Cause Death or Serious Injuries must be banned for life
  Open from Wednesday 20th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  71 signatures

• Recruit more probation officers, increase funding and review working conditions
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  779 signatures

• Change legal age of marriage back to 16
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  15 signatures

• Reduce the court filing fees for filing a divorce application
  Open from Thursday 14th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  165 signatures

• Provide for resentencing for everyone serving an indeterminate prison sentence
  Open from Monday 4th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  11,413 signatures

• Set up a specialist housing court and a statutory housing conciliation service
  Open from Wednesday 29th November 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  93 signatures

• Stricter penalties for car theft and fraudulent claims to help cut car insurance
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  263 signatures

• Reinstate the death penalty for child sexual offences
  Open from Monday 27th November 2023 to Monday 27th May 2024
  79 signatures

• Increase sentences for young people carrying/using a bladed weapon
  Open from Tuesday 21st November 2023 to Tuesday 21st May 2024
  880 signatures

• Don't axe shorter prison sentences for crimes such as stalking and harassment
  Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
  59 signatures

• Stop No Further Action from being disclosed on Enhanced DBS checks
  Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Review how Home Office deals with applications for ILR due to domestic violence
  Open from Wednesday 15th November 2023 to Wednesday 15th May 2024
  283 signatures

• Allow Close Protection Operatives to carry firearms in the UK
  Open from Friday 10th November 2023 to Friday 10th May 2024
  82 signatures

• Remove police and crime commissioner powers from mayors
  Open from Wednesday 1st November 2023 to Wednesday 1st May 2024
  7,296 signatures

• Create a statutory offence of manslaughter by coercive or controlling behaviour
  Open from Wednesday 1st November 2023 to Wednesday 1st May 2024
  17,849 signatures

• Require all military sexual offence claims be handled by civilian police
  Open from Monday 30th October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
  182 signatures

• Create a public register of people awaiting trial for sexual offences
  Open from Monday 30th October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
  210 signatures

• Remove parental responsibility from child sexual offenders and child abusers
  Open from Friday 20th October 2023 to Saturday 20th April 2024
  755 signatures

• Reinstate the death penalty for adults who rape children under the age of 12
  Open from Wednesday 18th October 2023 to Thursday 18th April 2024
  187 signatures

• Reduce Covid fines to the amount paid by those at the Downing Street parties
  Open from Tuesday 17th October 2023 to Wednesday 17th April 2024
  122 signatures

• Make bullying a specific criminal offence
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  32 signatures

• Treat Serious Youth Violence as a public health issue
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  496 signatures

• Review the Probate Registry to make it more customer friendly
  Open from Thursday 28th September 2023 to Thursday 28th March 2024
  782 signatures

• Make it illegal for people over 21 to have sexual intercourse with under 18s
  Open from Wednesday 27th September 2023 to Wednesday 27th March 2024
  72 signatures

• Introduce fines and stop and search powers for wearing a balaclava in public
  Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
  211 signatures

• Make parental alienation a criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 14th September 2023 to Thursday 14th March 2024
  758 signatures

• No parole or open prison when killer prevents body being found: Chantel's Law
  Open from Monday 11th September 2023 to Monday 11th March 2024
  180 signatures

• Make it a criminal offence not to report a death immediately
  Open from Monday 11th September 2023 to Monday 11th March 2024
  38 signatures

• Set 30 year minimum prison term for premeditated murder regardless of age
  Open from Thursday 7th September 2023 to Thursday 7th March 2024
  164 signatures

• Prevent family courts from making decisions based on hearsay
  Open from Wednesday 6th September 2023 to Wednesday 6th March 2024
  142 signatures

• Make legal aid available to all parents in child custody/access cases
  Open from Wednesday 6th September 2023 to Wednesday 6th March 2024
  47 signatures

• Review treatment of neurodiverse prisoners
  Open from Tuesday 5th September 2023 to Tuesday 5th March 2024
  113 signatures

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