Tags are generated automatically from the petition contents, so sometimes they do end up being a bit imprecise. But manually tagging over a 100,000 petitions would be a bit of a stretch, so we'll just have to put up with the occasional dodgy tag. Sorry about that.
Abolish the legal defence of Reasonable Chastisement in England
Open from Thursday 17th June 2021 to Friday 17th December 2021
85 signatures
Create a Bank Holiday in memory of armed services personnel killed in service
Open from Monday 14th June 2021 to Tuesday 14th December 2021
55 signatures
Allow UK citizens licences to carry firearms & other weapons for self-defence
Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
148 signatures
Allow security guards to carry weapons, such as batons, for self-defence
Open from Friday 14th May 2021 to Sunday 14th November 2021
24 signatures
Create a Government department for the protection of women and girls
Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
251 signatures
Formally ban the use of the "Gay Panic Defence"
Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
542 signatures
Increase the defence budget and our standing army strength to 100,000
Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
98 signatures
Amend legislation relating to dogs in the presence of livestock
Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
33 signatures
Fund free self-defence classes for women in the UK
Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
98 signatures
Mandatory self-defence classes as part of school curriculum
Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
193 signatures
Make it legal to carry non-lethal self defence weapons
Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
35,612 signatures
Recognise Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and fund support for survivors
Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
52 signatures
Prevent exceptional hardship being used as a defence against driving bans
Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
327 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
The scottish gov should spend only taxes raised there before an indy ref allowed
Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
118 signatures
Stop Mil Export Licences to Azerbaijan and Armenia until peace declared.
Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
45 signatures
Revise the army tattoo policy to allow neck tattoos visible from the front
Open from Friday 27th November 2020 to Thursday 27th May 2021
27 signatures
Make smacking children illegal
Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
104 signatures
Provide more support for military veterans with PTSD
Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
79 signatures
Spend the additional £16.5bn in defence spending in public services instead
Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
23 signatures
Increase UK defence budget
Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
40 signatures
Legalise civilians carrying a firearm for self-defence and sport
Open from Friday 9th October 2020 to Friday 9th April 2021
191 signatures
Minimum 2 year prison sentence for attacks on emergency workers
Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
149 signatures
Fund self-defence training for NHS staff
Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
25 signatures
Make it illegal to sell a drone without including a copy of the Drone Code
Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
43 signatures
Direct the DVSA to seek help from the MoD to clear the backlog of driving tests
Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
56 signatures
Make self-defence lessons mandatory in schools
Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
36 signatures
Do not mothball the tank it is an important part of the defence of the country
Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
184 signatures
Formally ban the use of Portsmouth Defence.
Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
794 signatures
Extend the law on coercive control to cover post-separation abuse
Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
1,322 signatures
Give civilians the right to carry non-lethal self-defence weapons.
Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
262 signatures
Lower income tax for members of the Armed Forces.
Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
18 signatures
Require courts to allow Victim Witness Statements to be read out in court
Do not cut our Armed Forces or UK Defence budget
Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
48 signatures
Increase Defence spending to 3%
Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
121 signatures
Build English Channel Defence System (floating barrier) to stop beach landings
Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
397 signatures
Formally re-establish the UK civil defence organisations and infrastructure
Open from Friday 19th June 2020 to Saturday 19th December 2020
208 signatures
Government must immediately move to increase defence spending as promised
Opened on
9 signatures so far
Change the law to allow public to carry and use pepper spray for self-defence
Opened on
7 signatures so far
Prioritise defence by committing to defence funding at 10% of GDP
Opened on
8 signatures so far
Launch the "national conversation on defence and security" by 1st August 2026
Opened on
9 signatures so far
Legalise spray, tasers & airguns for self-defence & require businesses hold them
Opened on
21 signatures so far
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