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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• Require jurors in rape trials to complete mandatory training on rape myths
  Open from Thursday 27th July 2023 to Saturday 27th January 2024
  10,950 signatures

• Remove the 28-day time limit from the unduly lenient sentence scheme for murder
  Open from Monday 24th July 2023 to Wednesday 24th January 2024
  1,848 signatures

• Introduce increased sentences for one punch assaults and deaths
  Open from Monday 17th July 2023 to Wednesday 17th January 2024
  2,008 signatures

• Ban the use of facial recognition cameras by police, public and private bodies
  Open from Monday 17th July 2023 to Wednesday 17th January 2024
  414 signatures

• Make hair colour a protected characteristic covered by hate crime legislation
  Open from Monday 17th July 2023 to Wednesday 17th January 2024
  94 signatures

• Require clinical assessment and notification of family for powers of attorney
  Open from Friday 14th July 2023 to Sunday 14th January 2024
  19 signatures

• End suspended/non-custodial sentences for theft
  Open from Thursday 13th July 2023 to Saturday 13th January 2024
  160 signatures

• Give Grandparents a legal right to see their Grandchildren
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  158 signatures

• Fund FASD specialists in health and social care and training on FASD for police
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  19 signatures

• Give victims of crime the right to appeal court decisions
  Open from Wednesday 5th July 2023 to Friday 5th January 2024
  38 signatures

• Ban media publishing personal details of alleged offenders before conviction
  Open from Monday 3rd July 2023 to Wednesday 3rd January 2024
  36 signatures

• Remove need for consent of all parents to change a child's name
  Open from Friday 30th June 2023 to Saturday 30th December 2023
  32 signatures

• Stop courts being able to grant care orders based on risk of future suffering
  Open from Thursday 29th June 2023 to Friday 29th December 2023
  133 signatures

• Provide free court sentencing remarks for victims of child sexual abuse
  Open from Monday 26th June 2023 to Tuesday 26th December 2023
  40 signatures

• Add Drama to the National Curriculum for Secondary Schools
  Open from Friday 23rd June 2023 to
  203 signatures

• Allow children to be taken abroad without needing consent of abusive ex-partners
  Open from Friday 23rd June 2023 to Saturday 23rd December 2023
  44 signatures

• Investigate employers who are cited in coroner's suicide report
  Open from Friday 23rd June 2023 to Saturday 23rd December 2023
  28 signatures

• Make it illegal for a parent to be absent from their child's life
  Open from Monday 19th June 2023 to Tuesday 19th December 2023
  41 signatures

• Decriminalise abortion to protect the rights of women seeking abortion
  Open from Monday 19th June 2023 to Tuesday 19th December 2023
  741 signatures

• Require costs be awarded for successful applications for non-molestation orders
  Open from Friday 9th June 2023 to Saturday 9th December 2023
  61 signatures

• Repeal the offence of bigamy and legalise polygamous marriage
  Open from Wednesday 7th June 2023 to Thursday 7th December 2023
  54 signatures

• Review and reform the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
  Open from Tuesday 6th June 2023 to Wednesday 6th December 2023
  236 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement that fathers are listed on a birth certificate
  Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
  99 signatures

• Ban physical discipline/punishment of children
  Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
  22 signatures

• Make legal aid available for disabled and vulnerable adults in private law cases
  Open from Wednesday 31st May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
  40 signatures

• Reform the rules of intestacy regarding absent parents and cohabiting partners
  Open from Tuesday 30th May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
  11 signatures

• Introduce new mandatory sentences for murder if a victim's remains aren't found
  Open from Thursday 18th May 2023 to Saturday 18th November 2023
  5,127 signatures

• New restrictions on murderers and rapists being moved to open prisons
  Open from Wednesday 17th May 2023 to Friday 17th November 2023
  76 signatures

• Amend the law on rape to cover all non-consensual penetration of vagina or anus
  Open from Monday 15th May 2023 to Wednesday 15th November 2023
  62 signatures

• Remove right to bail for acid and ammonia attackers
  Open from Friday 12th May 2023 to Sunday 12th November 2023
  68 signatures

• Enable resentencing for those serving an indeterminate prison sentence
  Open from Wednesday 10th May 2023 to Friday 10th November 2023
  1,249 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into the Ombudsman schemes for financial and legal service
  Open from Tuesday 9th May 2023 to Thursday 9th November 2023
  53 signatures

• Mandatory 10-year sentence for possession of a knife
  Open from Tuesday 9th May 2023 to Thursday 9th November 2023
  2,597 signatures

• Change the legal adoption age to allow adults to be adopted past age 18
  Open from Tuesday 9th May 2023 to Thursday 9th November 2023
  35 signatures

• End reporting restrictions for family court cases
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  510 signatures

• Add a Crown to the insignia of Junior Rates of the Royal Navy
  Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
  23 signatures

• Release IPP prisoners who have served their fixed tariff
  Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
  29 signatures

• Introduce new laws to force offenders to be present in court for sentencing
  Open from Friday 14th April 2023 to Saturday 14th October 2023
  39,906 signatures

• Remove right to bail for individuals charged with rape
  Open from Wednesday 12th April 2023 to Thursday 12th October 2023
  397 signatures

• Create a HM Prison service veterans badge in line with military veterans badge
  Open from Wednesday 12th April 2023 to Thursday 12th October 2023
  62 signatures

• Do Not Leave the European Convention on Human Rights
  Open from Tuesday 11th April 2023 to Wednesday 11th October 2023
  21,447 signatures

• Create powers to increase sentences where a defendant refuses to attend court
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  67 signatures

• Establish a Royal Commission on policing within England and Wales
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  57 signatures

• Abolish Section 13 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  3,878 signatures

• Make rape, sexual assault and child sexual offences charges a minimum of life
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  246 signatures

• Abolish jury service on serious offences
  Open from Tuesday 14th March 2023 to Thursday 14th September 2023
  21 signatures

• Stop courts being able to grant care orders based on risk of future harm
  Open from Tuesday 14th March 2023 to Thursday 14th September 2023
  149 signatures

• Recognise the Islamic Nikah as a legal form of marriage
  Open from Thursday 9th March 2023 to Saturday 9th September 2023
  875 signatures

• Give adult adoptees a right to have adoptions annulled
  Open from Wednesday 8th March 2023 to Friday 8th September 2023
  39 signatures

• Recognise Pagan handfasting as a legal form of marriage in England and Wales
  Open from Wednesday 8th March 2023 to Friday 8th September 2023
  143 signatures

• Make the minimum sentence for sexual communication with a child 2 years in jail
  Open from Tuesday 7th March 2023 to Thursday 7th September 2023
  579 signatures

• Life sentence for abuse, torture, rape or allowing the death of a child
  Open from Monday 6th March 2023 to Wednesday 6th September 2023
  155 signatures

• Allow resident parents to take their children abroad without needing consent
  Open from Thursday 2nd March 2023 to Saturday 2nd September 2023
  32 signatures

• Create a Prevention of Future Harm Register for violent and fraud offences
  Open from Monday 27th February 2023 to Sunday 27th August 2023
  16 signatures

• Extend qualified one-way cost shifting to Equality Act discrimination claims
  Open from Thursday 23rd February 2023 to Wednesday 23rd August 2023
  20 signatures

• Remove need for consent from married spouse to legally change surname
  Open from Tuesday 21st February 2023 to Monday 21st August 2023
  25 signatures

• Automatically grant 50/50 to parents in separated households.
  Open from Monday 20th February 2023 to Sunday 20th August 2023
  333 signatures

• Hold a referendum on reinstating the death penalty for certain offences
  Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
  44 signatures

• Automatic ban on child sexual offenders using internet services
  Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
  26 signatures

• Give parents rights to have their surname in their child's name after separation
  Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
  122 signatures

• End reporting restrictions for convicts aged 18 and under
  Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
  25 signatures

• Review and reform legislation governing parental responsibility

• Review and reform legislation governing parental responsibility
  Open from Thursday 2nd February 2023 to Wednesday 2nd August 2023
  189 signatures

• Automatically remove domestic abusers from joint council tenancies
  Open from Thursday 2nd February 2023 to Wednesday 2nd August 2023
  100 signatures

• Allow both members of all same-sex female couples to be on birth certificates
  Open from Thursday 2nd February 2023 to Wednesday 2nd August 2023
  91 signatures

• Restore the death penalty for serious offences
  Open from Thursday 2nd February 2023 to Wednesday 2nd August 2023
  774 signatures

• Hold a referendum on leaving the European Convention on Human Rights
  Open from Tuesday 31st January 2023 to Monday 31st July 2023
  505 signatures

• Create an absolute right to appeal judgements in 'small claims court' cases
  Open from Tuesday 31st January 2023 to Monday 31st July 2023
  69 signatures

• Allow single parents to change a child's name without the other parent's consent
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  32 signatures

• Make DNA paternity testing mandatory prior to registration on birth certificate
  Open from Tuesday 24th January 2023 to Monday 24th July 2023
  28 signatures

• Remove the 28-day time limit from the lenient sentence scheme in cases of murder
  Open from Thursday 19th January 2023 to Wednesday 19th July 2023
  14,894 signatures

• Allow conjugal visits for partners and children in England and Wales
  Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
  64 signatures

• Increase the age of consent for sexual activity from 16 to 18
  Open from Monday 16th January 2023 to Sunday 16th July 2023
  28 signatures

• Ban convicted child sex offenders from living near schools and playgrounds
  Open from Friday 13th January 2023 to Thursday 13th July 2023
  793 signatures

• Give fathers a right to be added to birth certificates if proven by a DNA test
  Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
  33 signatures

• Increase minimum and maximum sentences for child sexual offences
  Open from Monday 9th January 2023 to Sunday 9th July 2023
  473 signatures

• Expand legal aid to cover cases of defamation
  Open from Thursday 5th January 2023 to Wednesday 5th July 2023
  27 signatures

• Introduce a 'Safe Haven' law for abandoned babies here in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 6th December 2022 to Tuesday 6th June 2023
  93 signatures

• Revoke the right of registered sex offenders to change their name by deed poll
  Open from Tuesday 29th November 2022 to Monday 29th May 2023
  745 signatures

• End presumption of parental involvement in relation to child arrangement orders
  Open from Friday 18th November 2022 to Thursday 18th May 2023
  61 signatures

• Require indeterminate sentences be set for people convicted of stalking
  Open from Friday 18th November 2022 to Thursday 18th May 2023
  19 signatures

• Allow independent officiants to conduct legally binding weddings
  Open from Wednesday 16th November 2022 to Tuesday 16th May 2023
  18 signatures

• Increase funding for the Criminal Cases Review Commission
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  67 signatures

• Increase minimum and maximum sentences for rape and other sexual offences
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  60 signatures

• Stop legal aid for court appeals for people entering the UK illegally
  Open from Friday 4th November 2022 to Thursday 4th May 2023
  13,060 signatures

• Make it illegal for anyone aged over 21 to have sexual relations with under 18s
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  31 signatures

• Prevent rapists from having parental responsibility
  Open from Friday 21st October 2022 to Friday 21st April 2023
  68 signatures

• Allow adult adoption in the UK
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  47 signatures

• Change the Sexual Offences Act so women can be charged with rape against others
  Open from Wednesday 19th October 2022 to Wednesday 19th April 2023
  312 signatures

• Increase penalties for repeat bike thieves
  Open from Monday 17th October 2022 to Monday 17th April 2023
  61 signatures

• Expand the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme to cover the crime of Voyeurism
  Open from Friday 14th October 2022 to Friday 14th April 2023
  21 signatures

• Give divorcing parties an absolute right to a ‘clean break’
  Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
  12 signatures

• Commission a review of divorce cases where one party had no legal representation
  Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
  10 signatures

• Create a new Marriage Act setting out legal terms of marriage and divorce
  Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
  15 signatures

• Increase the allowances claimable by jurors
  Open from Friday 23rd September 2022 to Thursday 23rd March 2023
  17 signatures

• Include a right to claim asylum in the Bill of Rights Bill
  Open from Monday 5th September 2022 to Sunday 19th March 2023
  43 signatures

• Create a national correctional scheme for female perpetrators of domestic abuse
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  14 signatures

• Make all sharing of explicit images or video without consent illegal
  Open from Wednesday 24th August 2022 to Friday 10th March 2023
  53 signatures

• Increase minimum sentence for anyone convicted of manslaughter of a child
  Open from Thursday 4th August 2022 to Saturday 18th February 2023
  2,200 signatures

• Remove need for consent from married spouse to change surname
  Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2022 to Friday 17th February 2023
  43 signatures

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