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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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Ministers
Make dog theft a specific criminal offence
Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
316,536 signatures
Do not reform the Human Rights Act
Open from Monday 7th February 2022 to Sunday 7th August 2022
231,118 signatures
Hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying
Opened on Friday 5th January 2024
202,553 signatures so far
Include abortion rights in the Bill of Rights
Open from Tuesday 5th July 2022 to Thursday 19th January 2023
167,690 signatures
Ryan's Law: Widen definition of 'death by dangerous driving'
Open from Tuesday 2nd March 2021 to Thursday 2nd September 2021
167,402 signatures
Don’t criminalise trespass
Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
134,890 signatures
Automatically suspend PR rights of parent guilty of murdering the other parent.
Open from Tuesday 19th April 2022 to Wednesday 2nd November 2022
130,179 signatures
Protect Retail Workers from Abuse, Threats and Violence.
Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
104,353 signatures
Tougher sentences for hit and run drivers who cause death
Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
104,321 signatures
Abolish time limits to bring charges for offences for acts of domestic violence
Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
64,284 signatures
Increase sentences relating to knife crime
Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
51,575 signatures
Release HMP Prisoners due to COVID-19 - temporary release, licence, tag, curfew
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
49,568 signatures
Stricter laws governing the purchase/acquisition/possession of crossbows
Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
42,084 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
39,905 signatures
Increase sentences for one punch assaults that kill to equal those for murder
Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
24,809 signatures
Change the Sexual Offences Act so women can be charged with rape against males
Open from Friday 6th March 2020 to Sunday 6th September 2020
24,426 signatures
Increase minimum and maximum sentences for all sexual offences
Open from Friday 9th April 2021 to Saturday 9th October 2021
24,186 signatures
Longer sentences for child sex offenders, sex offenders and rapists
Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
22,120 signatures
Do Not Leave the European Convention on Human Rights
Open from Tuesday 11th April 2023 to Wednesday 11th October 2023
21,446 signatures
Introduce a minimum sentence for carrying a knife, equal to carrying a firearm.
Open from Tuesday 3rd March 2020 to Thursday 3rd September 2020
19,472 signatures
Mandatory life sentences for child sexual abuse
Open from Thursday 16th April 2020 to Friday 16th October 2020
18,876 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
Withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights
Open from Tuesday 21st June 2022 to Wednesday 4th January 2023
18,276 signatures
Extend the 12month 'giving notice' period for weddings postponed due to COVID-19
Open from Thursday 14th May 2020 to Saturday 14th November 2020
17,242 signatures
Create an independent investigatory commission to help protect ethnic minorities
Open from Wednesday 10th June 2020 to Thursday 10th December 2020
16,690 signatures
Stop Grooming Gang members accessing public funds to fight their convictions
Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
16,388 signatures
Create a statutory offence of manslaughter by coercive or controlling behaviour
Opened on Wednesday 1st November 2023
16,358 signatures so far
Abolish time limit for requesting sentences for child murder be reviewed
Open from Wednesday 15th December 2021 to Wednesday 15th June 2022
16,232 signatures
Extend the new dog abduction theft offence to cover cats and all kept animals
Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
16,006 signatures
Do not allow original wills to be destroyed after 25 years
Opened on Tuesday 9th January 2024
15,333 signatures so far
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
14,875 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
13,928 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
13,666 signatures
Change the law to increase sentencing for Hare coursing and poaching.
Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
13,341 signatures
Stop legal aid for court appeals for people entering the UK illegally
Open from Friday 4th November 2022 to Thursday 4th May 2023
13,058 signatures
Bring back the death penalty
Open from Thursday 9th April 2020 to Friday 9th October 2020
12,691 signatures
Make dog on dog attacks a specific criminal offence
Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
12,685 signatures
Give children and parents automatic rights to equal contact after separation
Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
12,397 signatures
Require universities to refund students during any strike action
Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
12,291 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
11,250 signatures
Provide for resentencing for everyone serving an indeterminate prison sentence
Opened on Monday 4th December 2023
11,151 signatures so far
Implement Affirmative Consent for Sexual Activity
Opened on Tuesday 20th February 2024
11,135 signatures so far
Require jurors in rape trials to complete mandatory training on rape myths
Open from Thursday 27th July 2023 to Saturday 27th January 2024
10,949 signatures
Make people who enter the UK illegally ineligible for legal aid
Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
10,596 signatures
Coroners must be lawfully obligated to statistically record veteran suicides
Open from Tuesday 3rd March 2020 to Thursday 3rd September 2020
10,517 signatures
Equal (50/50) rights for both parents in the event of a separation.
Open from Friday 6th March 2020 to Sunday 6th September 2020
10,278 signatures
Do not build two new prisons at Wethersfield Air Base
Open from Friday 17th December 2021 to Friday 17th June 2022
10,270 signatures
Make Ecocide a criminal offence in the UK
Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
8,201 signatures
Make it a specific criminal offence to assault a highway workers
Open from Thursday 24th September 2020 to Wednesday 24th March 2021
7,587 signatures
Remove police and crime commissioner powers from mayors
Opened on Wednesday 1st November 2023
7,270 signatures so far
Life sentence for drivers who do not stop after killing a person on the road
Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
6,920 signatures
Minimum sentence of 5 years for carrying a knife with a minimum fine of £10k
Open from Friday 25th August 2023 to Sunday 25th February 2024
6,470 signatures
A law of presumed liability to protect vulnerable road users like cyclists
Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
5,730 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
Make it illegal for parents to smack children
Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
5,235 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
5,156 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
Set automatic bail requirements for those charged with domestic violence offence
Opened on Thursday 15th February 2024
5,037 signatures so far
Increase minimum and maximum sentences for all crimes against children
Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
4,969 signatures
Increase minimum and maximum sentences for pet theft
Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
4,763 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
Make it a specific offence to desecrate national flags, symbols and monuments
Open from Friday 19th June 2020 to Saturday 19th December 2020
4,460 signatures
Minimum 15 yr sentences and driving bans for Death By Dangerous Driving
Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
4,392 signatures
Make it mandatory for Police & CPS to provide counselling to ALL victims of CSA
Open from Friday 9th October 2020 to Friday 9th April 2021
4,226 signatures
Landowners to be strictly liable in criminal law for illegal deaths of raptors
Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
4,190 signatures
Abolish Section 13 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995
Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
3,875 signatures
Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence
Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
3,416 signatures
Bring back the Death Penalty for child sexual abuse, rape and murder
Open from Thursday 7th July 2022 to Saturday 21st January 2023
3,276 signatures
Make failing to report drink driving with child passengers an offence
Open from Thursday 12th May 2022 to Saturday 26th November 2022
3,240 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
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
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
Suspend any MPs accused of sexual offences pending investigations
Open from Friday 20th May 2022 to Sunday 4th December 2022
2,733 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 unreasonable parent alienation a criminal offence.
Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
2,615 signatures
Mandatory 10-year sentence for possession of a knife
Open from Tuesday 9th May 2023 to Thursday 9th November 2023
2,596 signatures
Make it illegal to publish personal details from an inquest without consent
Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
2,378 signatures
Make it illegal to flee after hitting a cat.
Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
2,240 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
Enable early release of prisoners who have been in lockdown due to Covid-19
Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
2,065 signatures
Introduce increased sentences for one punch assaults and deaths
Open from Monday 17th July 2023 to Wednesday 17th January 2024
2,008 signatures
Require 48 hours’ notice before a ‘dangerous dog’ can be destroyed
Open from Monday 22nd February 2021 to Sunday 22nd August 2021
2,008 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
Require child sexual abuse to be reported with penalties for failure to do so
Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
1,986 signatures
Make bullying a specific criminal offence
Open from Tuesday 22nd February 2022 to Monday 22nd August 2022
1,880 signatures
Make sending unsolicited nudes a specific criminal offence
Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
1,861 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
Bring in mandatory GPS tagging for repeat offenders
Open from Monday 31st July 2023 to Wednesday 31st January 2024
1,843 signatures
Amend revenge porn law: include distress and embarrassment regardless of intent
Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
1,775 signatures
Remove parental responsibility of convicted child sex offenders
Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
1,769 signatures
Change the Sexual Offences Act so women can be charged with rape against men
Open from Monday 2nd November 2020 to Sunday 2nd May 2021
1,690 signatures
Defund and abolish CAFCASS
Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
1,629 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
Increase dedicated funding for police to tackle Pet Abduction
Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
1,584 signatures
Impose a five-year minimum sentence for carrying knives
Opened on Thursday 28th March 2024
1,582 signatures so far
Ensure violence against women cannot be authorised under the CHIS Act
Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
1,571 signatures
Request a Monarch's pardon for Dic Penderyn.
Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
1,545 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 it mandatory for Police & CPS to provide counselling to ALL victims of CSA
Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
1,478 signatures
Give legal right of contact between grandchildren and grandparents
Opened on Wednesday 21st February 2024
1,421 signatures so far
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