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
Make the minimum penalty for all sexual offences imprisonment.
Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
316 signatures
Amend the Child Abduction Act to criminalise failure to return a child to UK
Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
313 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
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 Euthanasia legal in the UK for people who are terminally ill
Open from Friday 25th June 2021 to Saturday 25th December 2021
308 signatures
Install in-cell telephones in all prison cells
Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
307 signatures
Restrict legal aid to UK citizens
Opened on Thursday 15th February 2024
299 signatures so far
Review the role of juries in rape trials.
Open from Friday 1st April 2022 to Saturday 15th October 2022
299 signatures
Bring back the death penalty for convicted murderers
Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
280 signatures
Review how Home Office deals with applications for ILR due to domestic violence
Opened on Wednesday 15th November 2023
279 signatures so far
Tougher sentences for shaken baby deaths
Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
274 signatures
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
No reduction of the protections provided by the Human Rights Act
Open from Thursday 24th September 2020 to Wednesday 24th March 2021
271 signatures
Prevent convicted child sex offenders from having contact with their children
Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
269 signatures
Extend ‘Harper's Law’ to include social workers
Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
268 signatures
Increase sentences for abuse, neglect and murder of a child
Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
267 signatures
Prevent perpetrators accessing children conceived through rape or sexual assault
Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
264 signatures
Create a compensation scheme for remanded prisoners found not guilty
Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
260 signatures
Launch a public inquiry into the planned Category C prison at Full Sutton
Increase minimum and maximum sentences for sex offences
Open from Friday 4th March 2022 to Sunday 4th September 2022
256 signatures
Review how family court considers children's voices and feelings
Opened on Thursday 14th March 2024
254 signatures so far
Stricter penalties for car theft and fraudulent claims to help cut car insurance
Opened on Tuesday 28th November 2023
252 signatures so far
Fund a dedicated hotline for reporting harassment and provide advice
Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
251 signatures
Make failure to reduce institutional racism as defined by Macpherson a crime
Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
251 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
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
Reintroduce the Death Penalty for certain offences
Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
245 signatures
Make Noise Nuisance and light pollution a Criminal Offence
Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
243 signatures
Make inquests private so only family can attend
Open from Tuesday 5th October 2021 to Tuesday 5th April 2022
240 signatures
Allow people over the age Eighteen to be lawfully adopted
Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
239 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 virginity testing illegal
Open from Thursday 8th July 2021 to Saturday 8th January 2022
235 signatures
Introduce a higher maximum prison sentence for Racial Abuse
Open from Wednesday 14th July 2021 to Friday 14th January 2022
234 signatures
Hold a referendum on whether capital punishment should be restored
Open from Monday 20th June 2022 to Tuesday 3rd January 2023
229 signatures
Make strangulation a specific criminal offence
Open from Friday 27th November 2020 to Thursday 27th May 2021
227 signatures
Increase the minimum sentence for murder to 20 years
Opened on Thursday 18th January 2024
226 signatures so far
Review Cafcass approach to "parental alienation"
Opened on Friday 22nd March 2024
221 signatures so far
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
Hold a referendum on whether to reinstate the death penalty
Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
217 signatures
Introduce 'Skye's Law': Require all sex offenders to stay on register for life
Open from Wednesday 2nd February 2022 to Tuesday 2nd August 2022
216 signatures
Change the current outdated law on Bereavement Damages
Open from Wednesday 2nd June 2021 to Thursday 2nd December 2021
214 signatures
Prohibit the publication of addresses of defendants and convicted offenders
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
214 signatures
Require courts to make an attachment of earnings order where a debt is owed
Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
212 signatures
Introduce fines and stop and search powers for wearing a balaclava in public
Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
211 signatures
Create a public register of people awaiting trial for sexual offences
Open from Monday 30th October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
210 signatures
Devolve full justice powers to the Welsh Government
Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
205 signatures
Mandatory 6pm curfew for people on the sex offenders register
Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
201 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
Fund improved conditions and counselling for male inmates
Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
190 signatures
Review and reform legislation governing parental responsibility
Open from Thursday 2nd February 2023 to Wednesday 2nd August 2023
189 signatures
Reinstate the death penalty for adults who rape children under the age of 12
Open from Wednesday 18th October 2023 to Thursday 18th April 2024
187 signatures
Make child abusers and child murderers ineligible to appeal sentences
Open from Thursday 28th July 2022 to Saturday 11th February 2023
186 signatures
Introduce a fast-track divorce procedure for victims of domestic abuse
Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
184 signatures
Require all military sexual offence claims be handled by civilian police
Open from Monday 30th October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
182 signatures
Extend definition of attempted murder offence to include stabbing
Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
182 signatures
Make the death penalty an option where intent to kill can be proven
Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
182 signatures
Recognise handfasting marriage in law in England and Wales
Opened on Monday 5th February 2024
181 signatures so far
Change The Law To Allow Genetic DNA Research To Progress Unsolved Murders
Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
181 signatures
No parole or open prison when killer prevents body being found: Chantel's Law
Open from Monday 11th September 2023 to Monday 11th March 2024
180 signatures
Set a mandatory custodial sentence for people found guilty of sexual offences
Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
180 signatures
Require courts to allow Victim Witness Statements to be read out in court
Review Ofsted's report on CAFCASS
Opened on Thursday 25th April 2024
177 signatures so far
Family court proceedings to be public
Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
177 signatures
Make it illegal to disclose personal information from an inquest without consent
Open from Wednesday 4th May 2022 to Friday 18th November 2022
172 signatures
Make parent alienation a criminal offence
Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
170 signatures
Review and reform CAFCASS
Opened on Wednesday 21st February 2024
166 signatures so far
Set 30 year minimum prison term for premeditated murder regardless of age
Open from Thursday 7th September 2023 to Thursday 7th March 2024
164 signatures
Reduce the court filing fees for filing a divorce application
Opened on Thursday 14th December 2023
163 signatures so far
Reform arrangements for restraining orders against convicted domestic abusers
Open from Tuesday 7th June 2022 to Wednesday 21st December 2022
162 signatures
Hold a referendum to reinstate capital punishment for child murder
Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
162 signatures
Public inquiry into the use of Debendox for pregnant women
Open from Wednesday 14th October 2020 to Wednesday 14th April 2021
162 signatures
End suspended/non-custodial sentences for theft
Open from Thursday 13th July 2023 to Saturday 13th January 2024
160 signatures
Hold a referendum on any changes to or repeal of the Human Rights Act
Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
160 signatures
Give Grandparents a legal right to see their Grandchildren
Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
158 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
End suspended/ non-custodial sentences for men who are violent to girls & womxn
Open from Tuesday 1st February 2022 to Monday 1st August 2022
153 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
Review handling of rape and sexual offences committed by under 18s
Open from Tuesday 19th July 2022 to Thursday 2nd February 2023
151 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
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
Review arrangements for convicted criminals being incarcerated in open prisons
Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
149 signatures
Minimum 2 year prison sentence for attacks on emergency workers
Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
149 signatures
Enshrine freedom of speech, including ‘hate’ but must not incite physical harm.
Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
147 signatures
Make All Trespassing a Criminal Offence to Help Protect Properties.
Open from Monday 18th May 2020 to Wednesday 18th November 2020
146 signatures
Review arrangements for sibling contact where siblings are separated
Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
145 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
Statutory inquiry into allegations against parents of neurodiverse children
Opened on Tuesday 23rd April 2024
142 signatures so far
Prevent family courts from making decisions based on hearsay
Open from Wednesday 6th September 2023 to Wednesday 6th March 2024
142 signatures
Give parents the right to see their child unless there is a valid reason
Open from Friday 1st May 2020 to Sunday 1st November 2020
142 signatures
Record all proceedings at magistrates’ courts
Opened on Tuesday 30th January 2024
141 signatures so far
Introduce a mandatory Hate Crimes Awareness Course for Hate Crime Offenders
Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
140 signatures
Review the criminal justice system for child sexual offence allegations
Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
139 signatures
Allow Cornish wedding vows
Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
136 signatures
Make spiking an indictable offence with minimum of 3 months prison and area bans
Opened on Tuesday 2nd January 2024
133 signatures so far
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
Reform Family Separation System
Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
132 signatures
Introduce minimum fixed term sentencing for convicted murders of 25yrs to life.
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
130 signatures
Limit details of non-molestation orders being shared with perpetrators
Open from Thursday 21st April 2022 to Friday 4th November 2022
127 signatures
Protect SIA-licensed security workers under Assaults on Emergency Workers Act
Open from Friday 15th July 2022 to Sunday 29th January 2023
126 signatures
Ban call spoofing with intent to defraud
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
123 signatures
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