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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• Extend definition of attempted murder offence to include stabbing
  Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
  182 signatures

• Increase minimum and maximum sentences for child sexual offences
  Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
  39 signatures

• Require sentences for child sexual offences be served consecutively
  Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
  868 signatures

• Bring back the death penalty for convicted murderers
  Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
  280 signatures

• Require universities to refund students during any strike action
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  12,291 signatures

• Commission a review into racial inequalities in the criminal justice system
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  110 signatures

• Review and reform the family court system to ensure equal treatment
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  151 signatures

• Review arrangements for the release of offenders with mental health issues.
  Open from Tuesday 23rd November 2021 to Monday 23rd May 2022
  1,193 signatures

• Make spiking with needles a specific offence with a minimum 5-year sentence
  Open from Thursday 18th November 2021 to Wednesday 18th May 2022
  49 signatures

• Minimum 6 months in prison for assaulting any member of the emergency services.
  Open from Thursday 18th November 2021 to Wednesday 18th May 2022
  19 signatures

• Extend statutory bereavement awards to stillborn babies
  Open from Friday 12th November 2021 to Thursday 12th May 2022
  995 signatures

• Recognise the Nikah as a legal form of marriage
  Open from Thursday 11th November 2021 to Wednesday 11th May 2022
  674 signatures

• Give grandparents the legal right to see their Grandchildren
  Open from Thursday 11th November 2021 to Wednesday 11th May 2022
  99 signatures

• Make all registered sex offenders ineligible for legal aid
  Open from Monday 1st November 2021 to Sunday 1st May 2022
  40 signatures

• Review the criminal justice system for sexual abuse allegations
  Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
  101 signatures

• Create a new offence of using a vehicle in connection with a crime
  Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
  40 signatures

• Prevent IPP prisoners being imprisoned on recall unless found guilty of offences
  Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
  3,150 signatures

• Prohibit the publication of names of defendants before conviction
  Open from Wednesday 20th October 2021 to Wednesday 20th April 2022
  18 signatures

• Make it illegal for people over 18 to have sexual relations with under 18s
  Open from Tuesday 19th October 2021 to Tuesday 19th April 2022
  56 signatures

• Make parent alienation a criminal offence
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  170 signatures

• Remove parental responsibility for domestic abusers who refuse rehabilitation
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  59 signatures

• Increase dedicated funding for police to tackle Pet Abduction
  Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
  1,584 signatures

• Minimum 5-year sentence for assaulting a police officer
  Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
  67 signatures

• Request a Monarch's pardon for those who were hanged for Witchcraft in 1612
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  2,809 signatures

• Hold a new Royal Commission on the Police and Criminal Justice System
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  194 signatures

• Create a Victims Law to enhance rights for victims of crime
  Open from Wednesday 6th October 2021 to Wednesday 6th April 2022
  37 signatures

• Make inquests private so only family can attend
  Open from Tuesday 5th October 2021 to Tuesday 5th April 2022
  240 signatures

• Reform marital law so what you bring into a marriage remains yours by default
  Open from Tuesday 5th October 2021 to Tuesday 5th April 2022
  39 signatures

• Introduce reforms to better support victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse
  Open from Monday 4th October 2021 to Monday 4th April 2022
  69 signatures

• Revise the law on adultery as a cause for divorce to cover same sex conduct.
  Open from Monday 4th October 2021 to Monday 4th April 2022
  47 signatures

• Create a right to appeal for people convicted under law which is later reformed.
  Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
  966 signatures

• Launch a public inquiry into the planned Category C prison at Full Sutton

• Launch a public inquiry into the planned Category C prison at Full Sutton
  Open from Friday 24th September 2021 to Thursday 24th March 2022
  273 signatures

• Allow trans men to be father on their childrens birth certificate
  Open from Wednesday 22nd September 2021 to Tuesday 22nd March 2022
  55 signatures

• Make it the law that employers have to pay employees when on Jury Service.
  Open from Wednesday 22nd September 2021 to Tuesday 22nd March 2022
  46 signatures

• Ban publication of names and photos of convicted criminals
  Open from Tuesday 21st September 2021 to Monday 21st March 2022
  9 signatures

• Increase penalties for dog theft to match those for kidnapping
  Open from Friday 17th September 2021 to Thursday 17th March 2022
  64 signatures

• Removal of parental responsibility if convicted of murdering their spouse.
  Open from Thursday 16th September 2021 to Wednesday 16th March 2022
  5,397 signatures

• Give the UK Supreme Court the power to judicially review primary legislation.
  Open from Tuesday 14th September 2021 to Monday 14th March 2022
  19 signatures

• Require life sentences for rape and child sexual offences
  Open from Thursday 9th September 2021 to Wednesday 9th March 2022
  629 signatures

• Make cyberbullying a specific criminal offence
  Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
  56 signatures

• Stop extradition of UK nationals and replace with provisions for domestic trials
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  14 signatures

• Increase sentences for all hate crimes
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  21 signatures

• Change the Prison Staff Uniform
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  40 signatures

• Prevent "mirror wills" being changed after one party has died
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  13 signatures

• Make people who enter the UK illegally ineligible for legal aid
  Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
  10,593 signatures

• Review the criminal justice system for child sexual offence allegations
  Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
  139 signatures

• Make it legal for 16 and 17 year olds to be tattooed with parental consent.
  Open from Friday 13th August 2021 to Sunday 13th February 2022
  23 signatures

• Prevent family courts and social services making decisions based on hearsay
  Open from Tuesday 10th August 2021 to Thursday 10th February 2022
  71 signatures

• Do not reform rules on unauthorised disclosure of material by journalists
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  32 signatures

• Family court proceedings to be public
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  177 signatures

• Increase maximum sentences for voyeurism crimes involving a minor
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  26 signatures

• Review Covid-19 management of prisons to reduce prison violence
  Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
  555 signatures

• Make the minimum penalty for rape 20 years with no early release
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  44 signatures

• Bring back the death penalty for sexual abuse against children
  Open from Friday 30th July 2021 to Sunday 30th January 2022
  78 signatures

• Amend how details, relationships and surnames are listed on Death Certificates.
  Open from Thursday 29th July 2021 to Saturday 29th January 2022
  40 signatures

• Introduce visitation rights for siblings when families have been separated
  Open from Thursday 29th July 2021 to Saturday 29th January 2022
  91 signatures

• Introduce a national Hate Crime Register for use by employers
  Open from Friday 23rd July 2021 to Sunday 23rd January 2022
  21 signatures

• Increase the sentence for Racist Hate Crime from 6 months to minimum 5 years
  Open from Friday 23rd July 2021 to Sunday 23rd January 2022
  64 signatures

• Allow Judges to suspend Passports if guilty of a racist & religious hate crime.
  Open from Thursday 22nd July 2021 to Saturday 22nd January 2022
  12 signatures

• Ban marriages of 1st cousins and give registry offices powers to order DNA tests
  Open from Thursday 22nd July 2021 to Saturday 22nd January 2022
  221 signatures

• Increase penalties for racist and religious hate crimes
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  19 signatures

• Make racist abuse a specific criminal offence
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  57 signatures

• Make breach of any court order a criminal offence
  Open from Monday 19th July 2021 to Wednesday 19th January 2022
  36 signatures

• Introduce a higher maximum prison sentence for Racial Abuse
  Open from Wednesday 14th July 2021 to Friday 14th January 2022
  234 signatures

• Stop Grooming Gang members accessing public funds to fight their convictions
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  16,383 signatures

• Create an Unborn Victims of Violence Act
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  474 signatures

• Make virginity testing illegal
  Open from Thursday 8th July 2021 to Saturday 8th January 2022
  235 signatures

• Prevent child sex offenders from serving parts of their sentence in open prisons
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  46 signatures

• Make Euthanasia legal in the UK for people who are terminally ill
  Open from Friday 25th June 2021 to Saturday 25th December 2021
  308 signatures

• Mandatory Life Sentence For Child Sex Offences
  Open from Wednesday 23rd June 2021 to Thursday 23rd December 2021
  100 signatures

• Arrange release of prisoners with IPP sentences that have served their tariff
  Open from Tuesday 22nd June 2021 to Wednesday 22nd December 2021
  99 signatures

• Amend domestic abuse laws to protect people from being forced into a career
  Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
  15 signatures

• Change the law so legal rights of Special Guardians are extended to funeral date
  Open from Friday 18th June 2021 to Saturday 18th December 2021
  1,093 signatures

• Abolish the legal defence of Reasonable Chastisement in England
  Open from Thursday 17th June 2021 to Friday 17th December 2021
  85 signatures

• Make Ageism a Hate Crime
  Open from Monday 14th June 2021 to Tuesday 14th December 2021
  22 signatures

• Give prisoners the right to attend family funerals during the pandemic
  Open from Friday 11th June 2021 to Saturday 11th December 2021
  14 signatures

• Allow people over the age Eighteen to be lawfully adopted
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  239 signatures

• Prevent emergency workers who are victims of crime being named by the press
  Open from Monday 7th June 2021 to Tuesday 7th December 2021
  94 signatures

• Allow 'Paper Abortions' so fathers can opt out of parenthood during pregnancy
  Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
  29 signatures

• Change the current outdated law on Bereavement Damages
  Open from Wednesday 2nd June 2021 to Thursday 2nd December 2021
  214 signatures

• Extend Employment Tribinal limitation period for disability dscrimination.
  Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
  41 signatures

• Make it mandatory for Police & CPS to provide counselling to ALL victims of CSA
  Open from Friday 28th May 2021 to Sunday 28th November 2021
  5,158 signatures

• Amend the legal definition of rape so women can be charged with rape
  Open from Friday 28th May 2021 to Sunday 28th November 2021
  118 signatures

• Make tool theft a specific criminal offence with tougher penalties
  Open from Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 26th November 2021
  4,478 signatures

• Create legal protections for people who publicly name their abuser
  Open from Tuesday 25th May 2021 to Thursday 25th November 2021
  21 signatures

• Stop courts being able to grant care orders based on risk of future suffering
  Open from Thursday 20th May 2021 to Saturday 20th November 2021
  457 signatures

• To have all court judges voted for as MPs are voted for
  Open from Thursday 20th May 2021 to Saturday 20th November 2021
  31 signatures

• Bring back the death penalty for certain offences including murder
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  880 signatures

• Make convicted murdered ineligible for compassionate release
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  87 signatures

• Update the law on murder and incorporate the offence into statutory law
  Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
  10 signatures

• Review handling of rape cases & training given to investigating police officers
  Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
  25 signatures

• Allow conjugal visits in England and Wales
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  98 signatures

• Give legal rights to be accompanied by family/friends in court
  Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
  85 signatures

• Make patterned domestic violence a specific criminal offence with no time limits
  Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
  119 signatures

• Make sending unsolicited nudes a specific criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
  1,861 signatures

• Abolish time limits for legal action for medical negligence related to pregnancy
  Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
  101 signatures

• Give parents automatic rights to equal contact with children after separation
  Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
  119 signatures

• Public inquiry into the drop in prosecutions for rape and other sexual offences
  Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
  634 signatures

• Stricter criteria before appointing individual with power of attorney
  Open from Tuesday 27th April 2021 to Wednesday 27th October 2021
  27 signatures

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