Petitions – UK Government and Parliament

1. Ban atmospheric geoengineering in UK

   The government responded on 16 April 2026

   The UK does not undertake any form of weather modification. The Government is not in favour of deploying Solar Radiation Modification and has no plans to do so.

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2. Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years

   The government responded on 14 April 2026

   As set out in the Restoring Order & Control paper, those eligible for protection will be on a 20-year route to settlement. We will introduce a new route where refugees may ‘earn’ settlement sooner.

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3. Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing ECAA visa holders

   The government responded on 14 April 2026

   The Immigration White Paper set out that the default period to settlement will rise to 10 years. We ran a 12-week consultation seeking views on related proposals and transitional arrangements.

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1. Introduce Statutory Menstrual Leave for People with Endometriosis & Adenomyosis

   This topic was debated on 13 April 2026

   

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2. By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party

   This topic was debated on 16 March 2026

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3. Do not merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licenses

   This topic was debated on 23 February 2026

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