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

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

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

• Zero Tolerance on Knife Crime
  Opened on Thursday 8th April 2021
  43 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
  19 signatures so far

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

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

• Make slander a criminal offence
  Opened on Tuesday 30th March 2021
  7 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
  2,148 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Ensure violence against women cannot be authorised under the CHIS Act
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  1,526 signatures so far

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

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

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

• Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Monday 22nd March 2021
  2,876 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Remove parental responsibility of convicted child sex offenders
  Opened on Friday 12th March 2021
  1,494 signatures so far

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

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

• Make the theft of lifesaving equipment an aggravated offence.
  Opened on Wednesday 10th March 2021
  443 signatures so far

• Make stirring up hatred based on disability a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  132 signatures so far

• Ryan's Law: Widen definition of 'death by dangerous driving'
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  70,328 signatures so far

• Give breastfeeding mothers to a right to defer/be excused from jury duty
  Opened on Thursday 25th February 2021
  1,704 signatures so far

• Increase the sentence for child sexual abuse to 25 years
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd February 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Require 48 hours’ notice before a ‘dangerous dog’ can be destroyed
  Opened on Monday 22nd February 2021
  1,656 signatures so far

• Ensure unmarried cohabiting couples can inherit after five years.
  Opened on Monday 22nd February 2021
  63 signatures so far

• Ban the taking of photographs of children without parental consent
  Opened on Thursday 18th February 2021
  49 signatures so far

• Increase penalties for dog theft and illegal puppy farming
  Opened on Thursday 18th February 2021
  750 signatures so far

• Increase adoptees’ right to revoke own adoption
  Opened on Tuesday 16th February 2021
  223 signatures so far

• Increase penalties for criminals convicted for dog fighting.
  Opened on Tuesday 16th February 2021
  54 signatures so far

• Extend the Victim code 2006 to include Victims of Anti-Social Behaviour
  Opened on Monday 15th February 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Adding SIA Licenced Security Workers to Assaults on Emergency Workers’ Act 2018
  Opened on Thursday 11th February 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Install in-cell telephones in all prison cells
  Opened on Thursday 11th February 2021
  286 signatures so far

• Allow criminal injuries compensation for victims with unspent convictions
  Opened on Monday 8th February 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Release ALL Enhanced prisoners temporarily because of Covid-19
  Opened on Thursday 4th February 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Extend legislation on domestic abuse to make parental alienation an offence
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd February 2021
  43 signatures so far

• Extend the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme to cover death by careless driving
  Opened on Tuesday 26th January 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Stop allowing prisoners to be released before the end of their sentence
  Opened on Tuesday 26th January 2021
  328 signatures so far

• Require jurors in Child Abuse/Rape trials be educated on the "Five Fs"
  Opened on Tuesday 26th January 2021
  37 signatures so far

• Make social media content inadmissible in family courts
  Opened on Friday 22nd January 2021
  19 signatures so far

• Temporarily exempt NHS frontline staff from being required to do jury service
  Opened on Friday 22nd January 2021
  317 signatures so far

• Legislate to stop companies from refusing service based on lawful speech
  Opened on Friday 22nd January 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Introduce a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving
  Opened on Thursday 21st January 2021
  370 signatures so far

• Remove the ability of convicts with life sentences to apply for release
  Opened on Wednesday 20th January 2021
  22 signatures so far

• Specific offence of verbally abusing someone for not wearing face mask
  Opened on Wednesday 20th January 2021
  49 signatures so far

• Exempt Sperm Donors from paying child maintenance
  Opened on Wednesday 20th January 2021
  26 signatures so far

• Prevent legal action against students for tuition/accommodation debts 2020/2021
  Opened on Monday 18th January 2021
  60 signatures so far

• Make dog on dog attacks a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Thursday 14th January 2021
  2,183 signatures so far

• Review arrangements for sibling contact where siblings are separated
  Opened on Thursday 14th January 2021
  143 signatures so far

• Criminalise manufacturing and distributing deep-fake pornography
  Opened on Wednesday 13th January 2021
  419 signatures so far

• Require coroners to record and publish deaths by suicide at universities
  Opened on Wednesday 13th January 2021
  60 signatures so far

• Prisoners Early Release due to new Covid-19 Strain
  Opened on Tuesday 12th January 2021
  60 signatures so far

• Dangerous Drivers must be banned for Life automatically. Make roads Safer
  Opened on Monday 11th January 2021
  30 signatures so far

• Compulsory psychological exams and racial bias training for the UK Police Force
  Opened on Friday 8th January 2021
  37 signatures so far

• Ban call spoofing with intent to defraud
  Opened on Friday 8th January 2021
  100 signatures so far

• Equalise pay for prison officers across England and Wales
  Opened on Friday 8th January 2021
  766 signatures so far

• Limit UK Magistrates’ Courts in High Covid Areas to Remand Cases Only
  Opened on Thursday 7th January 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Align Coercive Control and Self-Defence to Create a New Defence to Murder
  Opened on Thursday 7th January 2021
  302 signatures so far

• Make Noise Nuisance and light pollution a Criminal Offence
  Opened on Wednesday 6th January 2021
  186 signatures so far

• Create visitation rights for siblings full, step or half
  Opened on Tuesday 5th January 2021
  39 signatures so far

• Revoke the 29 day notice period for weddings rearranged due to Covid
  Opened on Tuesday 5th January 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Change law to mean that if an adult discovers a dead body it must be reported
  Opened on Tuesday 5th January 2021
  1,598 signatures so far

• Inquiry into treatment of those with mental disorders by justice system
  Opened on Tuesday 5th January 2021
  342 signatures so far

• Make cat theft a specific illegal offence.
  Opened on Monday 4th January 2021
  45 signatures so far

• Review how domestic abuse cases are investigated and prosecuted.
  Opened on Thursday 31st December 2020
  2,501 signatures so far

• Make Emotional and Psychological Abuse of Children a Specific criminal Offence
  Opened on Thursday 31st December 2020
  829 signatures so far

• Abolish time limits for legal cases involving pensions
  Opened on Wednesday 30th December 2020
  13 signatures so far

• Increase minimum and maximum sentences for pet theft
  Opened on Wednesday 30th December 2020
  4,462 signatures so far

• Make it easier to become a deputy for a person with severe learning disabilities
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd December 2020
  464 signatures so far

• Require sentences for sexual offences to be served consecutively
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd December 2020
  711 signatures so far

• Mandatory life sentence for child sexual abuse
  Opened on Monday 21st December 2020
  558 signatures so far

• Rapid testing for prison visits.
  Opened on Thursday 17th December 2020
  625 signatures so far

• Reintroduce Capital Punishment for Crimes Against Humanity
  Opened on Monday 14th December 2020
  51 signatures so far

• Make the burning of religious texts a specific offence
  Opened on Monday 14th December 2020
  31 signatures so far

• Increase sentences relating to knife crime
  Opened on Monday 14th December 2020
  8,519 signatures so far

• Make is so that deed polls can be completed online
  Opened on Thursday 10th December 2020
  13 signatures so far

• Review the cost and speed of the divorce process
  Opened on Monday 7th December 2020
  14 signatures so far

• Make virginity testing illegal
  Opened on Friday 4th December 2020
  412 signatures so far

• Change the law to increase sentencing for Hare coursing and poaching.
  Opened on Thursday 3rd December 2020
  12,894 signatures so far

• Enable one parent to change their child's name if the other parent is absent
  Opened on Wednesday 2nd December 2020
  19 signatures so far

• Accept recommendation 3, PSPRB 2020 Report: Officer pay points increase £2,564.
  Opened on Tuesday 1st December 2020
  9 signatures so far

• Make it easier to end parental responsibility of abusive or neglectful parents
  Opened on Tuesday 1st December 2020
  116 signatures so far

• Allow 16 & 17 year olds to purchase or obtain tobacco products legally
  Opened on Monday 30th November 2020
  15 signatures so far

• Make strangulation a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Friday 27th November 2020
  219 signatures so far

• Make smacking children illegal
  Opened on Thursday 26th November 2020
  94 signatures so far

• Prevent child sex offenders from having any contact with a child under 18
  Opened on Wednesday 25th November 2020
  28 signatures so far

• Tougher sentences for shaken baby deaths
  Opened on Tuesday 24th November 2020
  229 signatures so far

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