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 Dominic Raab MP
  Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Deputy Prime Minister
• The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Crime and Policing)
• Lord (David) Wolfson of Tredegar QC
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
• Victoria Atkins MP
  Minister of State, Minister for Afghan Resettlement
• Tom Pursglove MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
• James Cartlidge MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Petitions linked to this department

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• Increase dedicated funding for police to tackle Pet Abduction
  Opened on Thursday 14th October 2021
  815 signatures so far

• Minimum 5-year sentence for assaulting a police officer
  Opened on Wednesday 13th October 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Request a Monarch's pardon for those who were hanged for Witchcraft in 1612
  Opened on Thursday 7th October 2021
  171 signatures so far

• Hold a new Royal Commission on the Police and Criminal Justice System
  Opened on Thursday 7th October 2021
  174 signatures so far

• Create a Victims Law to enhance rights for victims of crime
  Opened on Wednesday 6th October 2021
  29 signatures so far

• Make it a specific criminal offence to supply drugs to children under 16
  Opened on Wednesday 6th October 2021
  1,534 signatures so far

• Make inquests private so only family can attend
  Opened on Tuesday 5th October 2021
  176 signatures so far

• Reform marital law so what you bring into a marriage remains yours by default
  Opened on Tuesday 5th October 2021
  21 signatures so far

• Introduce reforms to better support victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse
  Opened on Monday 4th October 2021
  21 signatures so far

• Revise the law on adultery as a cause for divorce to cover same sex conduct.
  Opened on Monday 4th October 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Create a right to appeal for people convicted under law which is later reformed.
  Opened on Tuesday 28th September 2021
  621 signatures so far

• Launch a public inquiry into the planned Category C prison at Full Sutton
  Opened on Friday 24th September 2021
  162 signatures so far

• Allow trans men to be father on their childrens birth certificate
  Opened on Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Make it the law that employers have to pay employees when on Jury Service.
  Opened on Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  30 signatures so far

• Ban publication of names and photos of convicted criminals
  Opened on Tuesday 21st September 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Increase penalties for dog theft to match those for kidnapping
  Opened on Friday 17th September 2021
  37 signatures so far

• Removal of parental responsibility if convicted of murdering their spouse.
  Opened on Thursday 16th September 2021
  3,800 signatures so far

• Give the UK Supreme Court the power to judicially review primary legislation.
  Opened on Tuesday 14th September 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Require life sentences for rape and child sexual offences
  Opened on Thursday 9th September 2021
  257 signatures so far

• Make cyberbullying a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Monday 6th September 2021
  47 signatures so far

• Stop extradition of UK nationals and replace with provisions for domestic trials
  Opened on Monday 23rd August 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Increase sentences for all hate crimes
  Opened on Monday 23rd August 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Change the Prison Staff Uniform
  Opened on Monday 23rd August 2021
  37 signatures so far

• Prevent "mirror wills" being changed after one party has died
  Opened on Monday 23rd August 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Make people who enter the UK illegally ineligible for legal aid
  Opened on Tuesday 17th August 2021
  1,181 signatures so far

• Review the criminal justice system for child sexual offence allegations
  Opened on Monday 16th August 2021
  127 signatures so far

• Make it legal for 16 and 17 year olds to be tattooed with parental consent.
  Opened on Friday 13th August 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Prevent family courts and social services making decisions based on hearsay
  Opened on Tuesday 10th August 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Do not reform rules on unauthorised disclosure of material by journalists
  Opened on Friday 6th August 2021
  27 signatures so far

• Family court proceedings to be public
  Opened on Thursday 5th August 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Increase maximum sentences for voyeurism crimes involving a minor
  Opened on Thursday 5th August 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Review Covid-19 management of prisons to reduce prison violence
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  552 signatures so far

• Make the minimum penalty for rape 20 years with no early release
  Opened on Monday 2nd August 2021
  25 signatures so far

• Bring back the death penalty for sexual abuse against children
  Opened on Friday 30th July 2021
  29 signatures so far

• Amend how details, relationships and surnames are listed on Death Certificates.
  Opened on Thursday 29th July 2021
  31 signatures so far

• Introduce visitation rights for siblings when families have been separated
  Opened on Thursday 29th July 2021
  88 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Stop Grooming Gang members accessing public funds to fight their convictions
  Opened on Tuesday 13th July 2021
  14,817 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Change the law so legal rights of Special Guardians are extended to funeral date
  Opened on Friday 18th June 2021
  1,071 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Make it mandatory for Police & CPS to provide counselling to ALL victims of CSA
  Opened on Friday 28th May 2021
  3,715 signatures so far

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

• Make tool theft a specific criminal offence with tougher penalties
  Opened on Wednesday 26th May 2021
  2,010 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Make sending unsolicited nudes a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Thursday 29th April 2021
  1,854 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
  117 signatures so far

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

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

• Stricter laws governing the purchase/acquisition/possession of crossbows
  Opened on Monday 26th April 2021
  42,018 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

• Make it a specific criminal offence for social workers to lie
  Opened on Wednesday 21st April 2021
  3,175 signatures so far

• Recognise Pagan handfasting as a legal form of marriage in England and Wales
  Opened on Wednesday 21st April 2021
  11,236 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
  32 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

• 30 Mile Law – Restraining Orders to protect survivors of abuse
  Opened on Friday 16th April 2021
  1,480 signatures so far

• Make legal aid available to all parents in family court cases
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  55 signatures

• Public inquiry into sentencing for child sexual offences
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  55 signatures

• Allow Cornish wedding vows
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  136 signatures

• Make it illegal to post photos of under 16s online
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  12 signatures

• Make the spreading of misinformation about a civil or health crisis an offence
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  60 signatures

• Make legal aid available to all victims of domestic abuse/coercive control
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  104 signatures

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