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.
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Ministers
Increase all harassment sentence limits (sexual and non)
Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
33 signatures
Formally ban the use of the "Gay Panic Defence"
Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
542 signatures
Fund improved conditions and counselling for male inmates
Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
190 signatures
Early release for all prisoners who have been locked up through covid
Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
40 signatures
Repeal hate speech laws other than advocating for violence
Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
29 signatures
30 Mile Law – Restraining Orders to protect survivors of abuse
Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
1,480 signatures
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
Prohibit the publication of names of defendants prior to conviction
Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
18 signatures
Increase punishments and sentences for perpetrators of domestic violences
Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
651 signatures
Increase sentences for crimes relating to bodily harm of another individual
Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
29 signatures
Make non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence
Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
356 signatures
Increase minimum and maximum sentences for all sexual offences
Open from Friday 9th April 2021 to Saturday 9th October 2021
24,185 signatures
Mandatory community service for litter droppers.
Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
27 signatures
Zero Tolerance on Knife Crime
Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
73 signatures
Allow all foster children over the age of 12 the choice of who to live with
Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
22 signatures
Bring in mandatory life sentences for online grooming of a child
Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
100 signatures
Ensure 'Indecent exposure' does not include women going topless in public
Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
37 signatures
Make slander a criminal offence
Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
12 signatures
Make it a specific offence to expose a child to any amount of Class A drug
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
18,666 signatures
Minimum 10-year sentence for knife possession and 20 years for use of a knife
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
1,165 signatures
Prohibit the publication of addresses of defendants and convicted offenders
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
214 signatures
Make all restraining orders permanent
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
1,089 signatures
Allow parents to be exempt from Jury Service
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
11 signatures
Make abuse and assault of retail workers a specific criminal offence
Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
33 signatures
Add social workers to the professions it is an additional offence to assault
Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
13,927 signatures
Fund a dedicated hotline for reporting harassment and provide advice
Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
251 signatures
Mandatory 50 year sentence for child sex abuse, rape, murder, terrorism & kidnap
Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
69 signatures
Ensure violence against women cannot be authorised under the CHIS Act
Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
1,569 signatures
Make the minimum penalty for all sexual offences imprisonment.
Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
316 signatures
Minimum 8-year custodial sentence for all violent crime and sexual offences
Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
247 signatures
Enact the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act and make EIAs mandatory
Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
18 signatures
Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence
Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
3,416 signatures
Automatic reporting restrictions for witnesses/victims under the age of 18
Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
122 signatures
Enable those lacking capacity to stand trial to be registered as sex offenders
Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
13,667 signatures
Drivers who drop litter should be made to clear litter from the roadsides.
Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
112 signatures
Make it a specific offence to lie about your age to engage in sexual activities
Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
41 signatures
Mandatory 6pm curfew for people on the sex offenders register
Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
201 signatures
Make misogyny and sexism a hate crime
Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
383 signatures
Make fines proportionate to income
Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
24 signatures
Extend the legal definition of rape
Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
841 signatures
Remove parental responsibility of convicted child sex offenders
Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
1,770 signatures
Make it illegal to video or take photos of a disabled person without permission
Open from Thursday 11th March 2021 to Saturday 11th September 2021
16 signatures
Extend Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 protections
to all Wildlife
Open from Thursday 11th March 2021 to Saturday 11th September 2021
642 signatures
Make the theft of lifesaving equipment an aggravated offence.
Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
471 signatures
Make stirring up hatred based on disability a specific criminal offence
Open from Tuesday 2nd March 2021 to Thursday 2nd September 2021
152 signatures
Ryan's Law: Widen definition of 'death by dangerous driving'
Open from Tuesday 2nd March 2021 to Thursday 2nd September 2021
167,461 signatures
Give breastfeeding mothers to a right to defer/be excused from jury duty
Open from Thursday 25th February 2021 to Wednesday 25th August 2021
2,001 signatures
Increase the sentence for child sexual abuse to 25 years
Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
45 signatures
Require 48 hours’ notice before a ‘dangerous dog’ can be destroyed
Open from Monday 22nd February 2021 to Sunday 22nd August 2021
2,009 signatures
Ensure unmarried cohabiting couples can inherit after five years.
Open from Monday 22nd February 2021 to Sunday 22nd August 2021
74 signatures
Ban the taking of photographs of children without parental consent
Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
121 signatures
Increase penalties for dog theft and illegal puppy farming
Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
1,033 signatures
Increase adoptees’ right to revoke own adoption
Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
425 signatures
Increase penalties for criminals convicted for dog fighting.
Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
95 signatures
Extend the Victim code 2006 to include Victims of Anti-Social Behaviour
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
16 signatures
Adding SIA Licenced Security Workers to Assaults on Emergency Workers’ Act 2018
Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
11 signatures
Install in-cell telephones in all prison cells
Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
307 signatures
Allow criminal injuries compensation for victims with unspent convictions
Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
11 signatures
Release ALL Enhanced prisoners temporarily because of Covid-19
Open from Thursday 4th February 2021 to Wednesday 4th August 2021
18 signatures
Extend legislation on domestic abuse to make parental alienation an offence
Extend the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme to cover death by careless driving
Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
9 signatures
Stop allowing prisoners to be released before the end of their sentence
Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
363 signatures
Require jurors in Child Abuse/Rape trials be educated on the "Five Fs"
Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
41 signatures
Make social media content inadmissible in family courts
Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
20 signatures
Temporarily exempt NHS frontline staff from being required to do jury service
Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
322 signatures
Legislate to stop companies from refusing service based on lawful speech
Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
20 signatures
Introduce a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving
Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
433 signatures
Remove the ability of convicts with life sentences to apply for release
Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
25 signatures
Specific offence of verbally abusing someone for not wearing face mask
Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
73 signatures
Exempt Sperm Donors from paying child maintenance
Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
32 signatures
Prevent legal action against students for tuition/accommodation debts 2020/2021
Open from Monday 18th January 2021 to Sunday 18th July 2021
63 signatures
Make dog on dog attacks a specific criminal offence
Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
12,685 signatures
Review arrangements for sibling contact where siblings are separated
Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
145 signatures
Criminalise manufacturing and distributing deep-fake pornography
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
433 signatures
Require coroners to record and publish deaths by suicide at universities
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
62 signatures
Prisoners Early Release due to new Covid-19 Strain
Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
70 signatures
Dangerous Drivers must be banned for Life automatically. Make roads Safer
Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
42 signatures
Compulsory psychological exams and racial bias training for the UK Police Force
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
56 signatures
Ban call spoofing with intent to defraud
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
123 signatures
Equalise pay for prison officers across England and Wales
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
769 signatures
Limit UK Magistrates’ Courts in High Covid Areas to Remand Cases Only
Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
14 signatures
Align Coercive Control and Self-Defence to Create a New Defence to Murder
Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
310 signatures
Make Noise Nuisance and light pollution a Criminal Offence
Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
243 signatures
Create visitation rights for siblings full, step or half
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
40 signatures
Revoke the 29 day notice period for weddings rearranged due to Covid
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
16 signatures
Change law to mean that if an adult discovers a dead body it must be reported
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
1,606 signatures
Inquiry into treatment of those with mental disorders by justice system
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
349 signatures
Make cat theft a specific illegal offence.
Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
68 signatures
Review how domestic abuse cases are investigated and prosecuted.
Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
2,677 signatures
Make Emotional and Psychological Abuse of Children a Specific criminal Offence
Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
842 signatures
Abolish time limits for legal cases involving pensions
Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
15 signatures
Increase minimum and maximum sentences for pet theft
Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
4,763 signatures
Make it easier to become a deputy for a person with severe learning disabilities
Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
470 signatures
Require sentences for sexual offences to be served consecutively
Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
743 signatures
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