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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• Stricter laws governing the purchase/acquisition/possession of crossbows
  Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
  42,082 signatures

• Provide a Covid-19 recovery package for prisoners and their families
  Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
  35 signatures

• Create a Government register for holding wills
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  64 signatures

• Allow the Polygraph Test to be used in the Court of Law
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  391 signatures

• Create a compensation scheme for remanded prisoners found not guilty
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  260 signatures

• Mandatory life sentence for abuse of a child
  Open from Thursday 22nd April 2021 to Friday 22nd October 2021
  373 signatures

• Make it a specific criminal offence for social workers to lie
  Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
  3,181 signatures

• Recognise Pagan handfasting as a legal form of marriage in England and Wales
  Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
  11,248 signatures

• Increase all harassment sentence limits (sexual and non)

• 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

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