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Recent times has seen a excessive rise in insurance premium prices where customers are experiencing an astonishing rise in their premiums where there are no change in individual circumstances and insurance companies are not able to quantify the reasons for such policy premium increases. Insurance companies are holding motorists to ransom as UK law requires this type of policy to be in place","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2024-03-25T08:32:19.528Z","updated_at":"2024-04-08T15:19:53.535Z","rejected_at":"2024-04-08T15:19:52.055Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2024-03-25T09:20:50.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:\r\n\r\nPlace a Cap on Motor Insurance Premium Increases: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/649918\r\n\r\nCreate a state-owned car insurance provider: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/656026\r\n\r\nIntroduce fixed prices for car insurance based on power to weight ratio and age: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/646793"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":562342,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/562342.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Make house purchase legal on acceptance of offer","background":"When someone places an offer to purchase a house that it is legally binding","additional_details":"Far too many people place offers for houses when they have no intention of going through to purchase. This is to avoid all the legal costs, surveyor costs involved and the stress factors","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-11-28T20:18:08.214Z","updated_at":"2020-12-10T17:03:10.284Z","rejected_at":"2020-12-10T17:03:10.287Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-11-29T14:32:47.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323521"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":623382,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/623382.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Make continued education/apprenticeships optional for 16 year olds","background":"School as we know can be quite stressful, especially now a days. Children are overworked due to the nature of the education system and the importance of GCSE’s. What I am proposing is that we make continued education after secondary school optional for those who would like to keep going","additional_details":"The government controls the education board which in return controls how much work a child gets within the education system. Children often get stressed over how much work they are provided with. GCSE’s are the most stressful part of secondary school and they are overloaded with things that must be memorised at vast quantities. You can’t expect children to keep going with this without cracking. I certainly couldn’t. I feel like that making continued education/apprenticeships optional is needed","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2022-09-07T11:16:34.626Z","updated_at":"2023-03-23T00:00:07.343Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2022-09-22T10:10:20.902Z","closed_at":"2023-03-22T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-09-07T11:26:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DfE","name":"Department for Education","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":593438,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/593438.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Scrap COVID Restrictions plans for the next 5 winters.","background":"The Government needs to scrap plans for Covid restrictions in next 5 winters including masks, social distancing, track and trace and even vaccine passports. Which will be a horrible idea for the UK economy and for people's livelihoods.","additional_details":"This plan will take away people's freedoms in short term, add more fear to people's mental health and it can wreck the economy even more with businesses closing. If this plan happens, this country will be on it's knees for years to come.\r\n\r\nIt is time to move on like what we did with Spanish flu pandemic, we got to live with this virus with no restrictions at all. We already got the vaccine and we are getting the COVID antiviral pill later this year. Scrap the plan or face multiple consequences.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2021-07-26T12:58:27.780Z","updated_at":"2022-02-17T11:58:38.441Z","rejected_at":"2021-07-30T07:33:50.134Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-07-26T21:16:15.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"The Government has not announced plans to reintroduce Covid-19 restrictions in the winter months, so we couldn't accept a petition calling for plans to do so to be scrapped, but we could accept a petition calling for such restrictions not to be reintroduced."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":309237,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/309237.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Due to unforeseen circumstances of Covid-19 use first term university grades","background":"Help university students by cutting their deadlines under the terms of such stress and use university grades from term 1. This will help students if they become ill or have to look after family members and will it have to worry about current submissions","additional_details":"","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-03-24T14:15:23.943Z","updated_at":"2020-03-31T18:05:19.832Z","rejected_at":"2020-03-31T18:05:10.073Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-03-24T15:00:34.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"Decisions about university teaching, assessments and exams are a matter for individual universities, and decisions about university admissions are a matter for individual universities and UCAS, not the UK Government or Parliament.\n\nIf you have concerns about admissions you should raise these with UCAS, and if you have concerns about your university's arrangements for teaching and assessment you should raise these with your university or the Office for Students, which regulates the higher education sector.\n\nWe understand that the current situation is stressful for many people, including students. Student Minds, a mental health charity for students, is collating guidance and developing resources to support students experiencing stress as a result of the current situation, which you may find useful: https://www.studentminds.org.uk/coronavirus.html\n\nYou can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:\n\nNHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/\nUK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus\n\nYou can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips\n\nYou may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nFind out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/\n\nRead letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/\n"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":623746,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/623746.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Law change 2 allow UK citizens 2 force General election after no confidence vote","background":"Change the law, so that UK citizens can force an immediate General Election after a successful vote of no confidence has been passed.  If the members have voted no confidence in the present prime minister, the right to determine who should be the governing party should be passed back 2 UK citizens.","additional_details":"The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act, which came into force in 2011 under the Coalition Government, removed the power to set the general election date from the Government and gave the powers to the house if certain triggers were met, one being a vote of no confidence. Aside from these triggers there is no way to replace the Government through an early General Election. The law must be changed to pass the vote back to the public when a vote of no confidence has succeeded.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2022-09-25T12:30:38.468Z","updated_at":"2022-09-30T13:24:44.965Z","rejected_at":"2022-09-30T13:24:35.663Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-09-25T12:50:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"already-happening","details":"It is already the case that a general election can happen after MPs return a vote of no confidence in the Government. If a Government loses a confidence vote in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister will be expected either to resign, or to request a dissolution of Parliament from the Queen. If a dissolution is granted, it triggers a general election. \r\n\r\nYou may wish to sign this petition which calls for the public to directly decide when there is an election: \r\n\r\nChange the law so that UK citizens can call a General election\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618068"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":596837,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/596837.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Compel the NHS to trace and contact people at risk of Huntington’s Disease","background":"I would like to see the NHS develop and implement a contact tracing service for HD, enabling people to have genetic testing and plan their futures with all the information they need. This could lead to HD being wiped out within a generation.","additional_details":"The NHS has a confused, inconsistent and arbitrary approach to HD; because the disease is not treatable, it is not seen as serious enough to require medical staff to breach their patient’s confidentiality in order to tell people who are at risk. However, the NHS will not provide genetic testing on demand, forcing people to have counselling prior to testing, even then maybe denying a test to people whom they feel are not robust enough to cope with knowing they carry they gene.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2021-09-10T16:14:51.672Z","updated_at":"2022-09-29T14:31:58.666Z","rejected_at":"2021-10-11T08:29:56.925Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-09-16T14:06:58.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or House of Commons is responsible for.\r\n\r\nDecisions about developing a contact tracing service for Huntington's Disease is a matter for the NHS, not the Government or House of Commons.\r\n\r\nAs a result it is not possible for the Government or House of Commons to take the action you have requested."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DHSC","name":"Department of Health and Social Care","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":634620,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/634620.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"The Office of National Statistics (ONS) should continue to collect Covid 19 data","background":"The ONS currently provides limited data on Covid 19, based on hospital collected figures, including bed occupancy, cases arriving and cases acquired in hospitals, this is the only remaining data the UK has on a live pandemic as all other useful data collection was ceased.","additional_details":"The Covid19 data is important as the Pandemic is not over, \r\nThe data is used to understand our current level of risk from Covid 19 and continuous monitoring is currently the only way to do this. \r\nThe fight against covid 19 is far from over and we cannot fight it or avoid it if we do not understand that level of risk.\r\nIt is unacceptable that Government should stop proving this data, it was said we should follow the science, but it appears we are now avoiding the science instead.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2023-03-10T20:43:58.565Z","updated_at":"2023-03-14T16:34:13.877Z","rejected_at":"2023-03-14T16:34:13.879Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2023-03-11T22:35:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.\r\n\r\nThe Office for National Statistics is independent of Government, so deciding whether to continue to run this survey is an operational decision for the ONS.\r\n\r\nYou can also see the official UK government website for data and insights on coronavirus (COVID-19) here: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":615141,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/615141.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Stop Removal of Asylum seekers to Rwanda!\r\nStop Treating them as Commodities!","background":"Priti Patel has signed an agreement on migration with Rwanda. This is to transport UK Asylum seekers to Rwanda, in Central Africa. The Rwandan government will decide under their law whether the migrants get to stay or leave. Whoever gets asylum will only be able to stay for 5 years in Rwanda.","additional_details":"The UK has every right to deport illegal immigrants but sending asylum seekers to one of the world's poorest countries with the worst records on human rights violations is simply cruel. UK's opposition and the human rights groups have strongly condemned the scheme and called it an 'inhumane, disgraceful, cruel, and repellent act'. This has been slammed as an 'egregious breach of international law' and 'really unacceptable' by the UN Refugee Agency. The UK must immediately withdraw this scheme.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2022-04-17T18:31:00.630Z","updated_at":"2022-04-19T13:39:43.391Z","rejected_at":"2022-04-19T13:39:42.027Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-04-17T18:40:19.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614913"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":632899,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/632899.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Hold a Judicial Review into OFGEM and their working practices","background":"Investigate OFGEM working practices and how they perform versus their stated mandate to protect vulnerable UK citizens and also provide a competitive energy market to reduce costs.\r\nInvestigate working relationships of OFGEM and major UK Utilities, especially funding and remuneration.","additional_details":"The widely reported Cost of Living Crisis is hitting many people, the vulnerable lower paid disproportionately, and the reports of the Utilities making record multi Billion pound profits is in direct opposition to the day to day challenges faced by these vulnerable people to simply heat and power their homes.\r\nAdditionally, with Energy being at the foundation of all industrial supply chains, these massive energy increases directly affect the competitive landscape for UK manufacturers.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2023-02-09T07:39:12.776Z","updated_at":"2023-02-14T08:44:06.114Z","rejected_at":"2023-02-14T08:44:04.883Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2023-02-11T14:25:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/621602"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":623803,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/623803.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Sanction Brazil Until the Amazon Rainforest is Saved","background":"In 2018, 2.9 million acres of Amazon Rainforest was destroyed. An untouched area the size of Belgium was destroyed. Land conversion for agriculture accounted for 80% of this tragic loss, with much of the land being destroyed to raise cattle or grow soya for animal feed. This devastation HAS to stop.","additional_details":"The UK is currently sanctioning Russia over the war in Ukraine. Yet, despite the fact that the Amazon Rainforest is the Lungs of the Earth and despite the fact that more than 2,505 animal species call the Amazon Rainforest home and that more than 30 million people live in the Amazon, and Brazil is destroying the Amazon for profit, Brazilian food and drink imports to the UK have risen by 11%. Ban all imports of Brazilian goods and stop trade deals with Brazil until the Amazon is saved!","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2022-09-26T11:37:46.093Z","updated_at":"2022-10-03T07:49:14.409Z","rejected_at":"2022-10-03T07:49:13.212Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-09-26T17:56:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.\r\n\r\nWe understand that you are concerned about destruction of the Amazon, but it's not clear if you want the Government to implement sanctions against Brazil until deforestation stops, the Amazon is reforested, or something else.\r\n\r\nYou could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":632977,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/632977.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Emergency Resettlement in UK for Syrian Refugees following the Earthquake","background":"Launch a Resettlement Scheme for vulnerable Syrian nationals which have lost their livelihoods, homes and families following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which hit Syrian and Turkiye.","additional_details":"Syrian nationals have suffered greatly due to ongoing conflict under the Assad regime, and have now been affected by a terrible natural disaster. State media in Syria said the death toll in government-held areas had risen to 1,347, up from 1,262. White Helmets civil defence group said another 1,930 deaths had been reported in rebel-held areas in the north-west of the country.\r\nSyrians are deserving of support which they may not be able to access in their country.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2023-02-09T21:29:11.790Z","updated_at":"2023-02-14T06:38:10.153Z","rejected_at":"2023-02-14T06:38:08.698Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2023-02-09T22:10:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/632816"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":634376,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/634376.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"NHS guidance to include how to recognise infection on all skin tones.","background":"Current guidance says to assess for infection look for symptoms and signs of pain or tenderness, localised swelling, redness and heat. We propose the wording changes around the colour due to this presenting differently in people with brown skin. For example redness/ browning or purpling.","additional_details":"For people with brown skin especially darker brown, the way an infection can present on their skin is different from those with white skin. Currently, the guidance does not recognise this difference. \r\nFor example Thrombosis UK state that thrombosis is a major cause of death in the UK, however, their guidance follows the UK gov guidance of recognising signs and symptoms. Healthcare professionals being appropriately trained to recognise these differences could save lives and be cost-saving to the NHS.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2023-03-07T09:47:13.717Z","updated_at":"2023-03-10T17:15:57.525Z","rejected_at":"2023-03-10T17:15:57.528Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2023-03-08T16:26:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.\r\n\r\nDecisions about the guidance the NHS produces is a matter for the NHS, not the UK Government or Parliament."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":552676,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/552676.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Make the Parliaments’ bars close at 10pm with the rest of the country.","background":"The government have ordered the country’s bars and restaurants to close at 10pm but are still able to drink on the Parliamentary Estate due to a loophole that the bars are providing canteen facilities. This is as close to “one rule for us and another for them” as it’s possible to get.","additional_details":"To be fair to the country and lead by example.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-09-28T08:32:18.668Z","updated_at":"2020-10-07T14:03:40.123Z","rejected_at":"2020-10-07T14:03:40.126Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-09-28T10:07:44.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"Since you started your petition it has been announced that alcohol will not be sold after 10pm anywhere on the parliamentary estate. In line with the Government’s guidance on workplaces, catering facilities will remain open later (but no selling of alcohol) when the House is sitting, to serve food for those still working and to support social distancing."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":621200,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/621200.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Tax excess profits of Energy Companies  as the Spanish Goverment has done","background":"To adopt a similar policy to the Spanish in which the Govermemt has capped profits of Energy companies in a time of unprecedented increase, the price cap is raised on a whim. This needs to be controlled and regulated and the money reclaimed and returned to helping the people who desperately need it.","additional_details":"I fear without action from the goverment that the most vulnerable in society are in servere risk. I fear for people unable to keep themselves warm and those having to decide between heat and food. \r\nWhile the situation is barely manageable right now, how bad will this get. And how far will these Energy giants (that no one alone can stand up to) will do. I truly believe without action from the goverment there will be serious unrest and eventually action from the public.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2022-08-01T10:43:51.938Z","updated_at":"2022-08-03T11:58:47.098Z","rejected_at":"2022-08-03T11:58:45.775Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-08-01T11:52:29.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.\r\n\r\nWe're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. The Government has already announced a windfall tax on energy producers. \r\n\r\nYou could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do, or you might like to sign this petition\r\n\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607983"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":325426,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/325426.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Retrieve, repair, and reinstall the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol.","background":"On the 7th of June, the statue of Edward Colston was toppled and thrown into the nearby harbour. This statue should be retrieved from the harbour, repairs should be made if necessary, and the statue should be reinstalled or placed in a museum.","additional_details":"The statue is a piece of Bristol's history, and should not be discarded in such a manner. The removal of the statue was an act of criminal vandalism, and was not decided upon by the people of Bristol. This sets a dangerous precedent for historical statues and monuments in Britain - if this is not dealt with, other pieces of local history are endangered by the government's lack of action. 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We, can do all of this. \r\n\r\nWe look on as, from this week, private gardens open up, while our own 128 acres of gardens and 16km of pathways remain closed, and under enormous financial pressure.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-06-03T16:24:10.541Z","updated_at":"2020-06-09T08:27:21.997Z","rejected_at":"2020-06-09T08:27:21.999Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-06-03T19:01:54.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign some of these petitions:\r\n\r\nAllow Zoos and Wildlife attractions to reopen with social distancing in place: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323881\r\n\r\nProvide financial help to zoos, aquariums, & rescue centres during the pandemic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308733\r\n\r\nYou can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:\r\n\r\nwww.gov.uk/coronavirus\r\nhttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/\r\n\r\nThe Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support\r\n\r\nYou can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips\r\n\r\nYou can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/\r\n\r\nYou may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.\r\n \r\nFind out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":326117,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/326117.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"to reduce the extent of child abuse that occurs in the UK.","background":"Legal teams are only required to submit evidence that supports their case is the very same justification that legally allows the social services to conceal evidence of positive parenting and most devastatingly evidence of children being abused in care from the family court. this should be illegal","additional_details":"there needs to be a law that prohibits the social services from concealing any evidence of children being physically attacked in care and or any evidence of children being abuse/neglect in care from the court. \r\n\r\nthere needs to be a system that allows evidence of children being abused in care to be accurately logged.\r\n\r\nthere need to be a system that allows every report that was written by those commissioned by the social services, regardless as to whether or not it is included in the court bundle, to be safely logged and supplied to the parent’s directly in a timely manner prior to the final hearing, if dates are missing then these must be found. if the social services are unable to do this then the final hearing must be adjourned until this task can be accomplished.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-06-10T02:05:53.112Z","updated_at":"2020-08-04T15:18:25.767Z","rejected_at":"2020-08-04T15:18:25.771Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-06-12T17:49:24.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"We understand that you are concerned about cases of child abuse not being reported or acted upon, but it's not clear what you want the Government to do about this.\r\n\r\nThe default position in children cases is that it is the duty of the parties and their legal advisers to give full and frank disclosure of all relevant material. In addition, under the Family Procedure Rules 2010, the family court may make such order for disclosure and inspection, including specific disclosure of documents, as it thinks fit.\r\n\r\nThere is already statutory guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children, which sets out guidance on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/779401/Working_Together_to_Safeguard-Children.pdf\r\n\r\nIf you want the Government to make some other change to the legal requirements on social services in respect of child abuse you could start a new petition about this, but would need to be clear what change you want the Government to make.\r\n\r\nYou could start a new petition calling on the Government to create a legal obligation for social services to report all cases of suspected child abuse, if that is what you want to happen."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":328831,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/328831.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"The tattoo and piercing industry should be able to reopen on the 4th of July.","background":"This industry has been neglected during covid-19. We are all self employed and can not afford to be forced to stay closed any longer. Why can pubs and hairdressers open when the self employed people that are already trained in hygiene are unable to do so.","additional_details":"Stop neglecting small businesses that do not fit into conservatives ideals.\r\nThe tattoo and piercing industry should be able to reopen on the 4th of July. This industry has been neglected during covid-19. We are all self employed and can not afford to be forced to stay closed any longer. Why can pubs and hairdressers open when the self employed people that are already trained in hygiene are unable to do so.\r\nI and many other artists have been forced to get temporary jobs in order to get through this time and now will have to fork out to return deposits of clients that have been rebooked several times. Us self employed artists have already prepared for reopening with extreme precautions because we know if we get Ill and have to take two weeks off we loose money!","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-06-23T14:55:31.222Z","updated_at":"2020-07-10T09:08:21.221Z","rejected_at":"2020-07-10T09:08:21.225Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-06-23T15:47:54.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"We have already published this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320507\r\n\r\nSince you started your petition the Government has announced businesses including beauty salons, nail bars and tattoo studios can reopen safely from Monday 13 July: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/beauty-salons-set-to-reopen-for-some-services-next-week-under-new-government-guidelines\r\n\r\nThe Government has published guidance for people who provide close contact services, including hairdressers, barbers, beauticians, tattooists, sports and massage therapists, dress fitters, tailors and fashion designers: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/close-contact-services\r\n\r\nYou can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:\r\n\r\nwww.gov.uk/coronavirus\r\nhttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/\r\n\r\nThe Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support\r\n\r\nYou can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips\r\n\r\nYou can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/\r\n\r\nYou may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.\r\n \r\nFind out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":550817,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/550817.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Add a second “P” to LGBTQ+ standing for polyamorous.","background":"We wish to add a second P to LGBTQ+, standing for polyamorous. At the moment, polyamory is not recognised as such. This means that many people in polyamorous could be discriminated against within LGBTQ+ society. It also means polyamorous people are not protected by the 2010 equality act.","additional_details":"We want the government as well as LGBTQ+ rights organisations to recognise polyamory as a kind of gender/sexual identification. This would mean that polyamorous people may not be discriminated against by the LGBTQ+ society and turned away from pride gatherings, but that they will also not be discriminated against by the general public.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-09-10T16:43:58.809Z","updated_at":"2020-10-08T16:59:05.460Z","rejected_at":"2020-10-08T16:59:05.464Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-09-14T05:54:34.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. The Government aren't responsible for specific terms and language used, or for organisations to recognise them. \r\n\r\nYou could start a petition calling for polyamory to be a protected characteristic in the Equality Act, to make it illegal to discriminate against polyamorous people.  "},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":332345,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/332345.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Create financial incentives for employers who retain contractors","background":"Sectors such as the automotive industry use a large number of contractors alongside permanent staff. Due to IR35 and the COVID pandemic lots of contractors were suspended. The Government should offer financial incentives to companies that wereusing contractors if they agree to call contractors back.","additional_details":"This should support numerous people left without work in automotive and other industries, and should also therefore help the UK economy","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-07-21T16:28:53.897Z","updated_at":"2021-01-29T00:00:02.179Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2020-07-28T16:05:24.515Z","closed_at":"2021-01-28T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-07-21T19:01:04.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":330040,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/330040.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"stop the 33% decrease in GCSE and A Level grades.","background":"stop the 33% decrease in GCSE and A Level grades.","additional_details":"A-level and GCSE results will be handed out in August this year on the normal date expected, with results based on work so far, mock exam results, teacher assessments and other factors. Each school has someone to sign this off, that person is accountable and their calculations will have to stand up to scrutiny. \r\nThe Government Dept responsible for this has decided in their wisdom to reduce those grades by up to 33%\r\n\r\nWe call on Boris Johnson to intervene now and stop this.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-07-01T14:19:31.693Z","updated_at":"2020-08-20T07:09:30.277Z","rejected_at":"2020-08-20T07:09:30.279Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-07-01T16:57:24.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"already-happening","details":"Since you started your petition the Government has announced that GCSE and A-level students will receive their centre assessment grades: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gcse-and-a-level-students-to-receive-centre-assessment-grades\r\n\r\nPrior to this announcement being made, we had published the following petitions, calling for similar actions to your request: \r\n\r\nReverse all exam grades back to teacher’s own predictions: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334491\r\n\r\nReview the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306773"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":553549,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/553549.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Every dog must be put On lead when out and about unless muzzles or field secure","background":"Fine or warner dog owner if dogs not on leads every dog will attack hate. Seen post on dogs been attack by others. dogs On and off the Lead  all dogs should be put On The Leads unless u what more attack happen","additional_details":"Dogs different types different Backgrouds will attack. Another dogs or child or an object one day in their life that why all dogs have to be put on leads no matter what unless u what to Put Ur dog down when that day Comes","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-10-07T17:13:01.133Z","updated_at":"2020-10-13T14:37:06.306Z","rejected_at":"2020-10-13T14:37:06.310Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-10-07T17:37:54.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318675"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":331967,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/331967.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Prevent Insurance Companies from auto renewing insurance policies electronically","background":"Stop the practice of sending out emails at renewal time which do not state that the policy will be renewed if the recipient ignores the email. It must make it clear the recipient needs to take action one way or the other, in accepting or rejecting the renewal offer, and update their information too.","additional_details":"I feel that this is a bad practice. My email made no mention of the fact that the policy would be auto renewed. A fact only to be found upon downloading documents via a link in the text. Most people I have spoken to were unaware they had agreed to auto renewal at the time of inception of the policy, and generally they found out by noticing a debit from their bank account.I found that companies are profiting by charging disproportionate amounts for a few days cover when people claim a refund too.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-07-17T18:49:33.113Z","updated_at":"2020-09-17T14:19:33.482Z","rejected_at":"2020-09-17T14:19:33.486Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-07-17T21:10:04.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550051"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":570618,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/570618.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Allow adults who have been driving for 15 years or more to pass learners.","background":"The government should allow adults who have a driving license of 15 years or more to pass learners if they think they are ready to drive unaccompanied.","additional_details":"This should be allowed because these drivers are highly experienced and must know driving back to front. They’re also unlikely to be biased as they’re likely to be mature at their age and therefore would not want to risk having unsafe drivers on the road. This will help clear the backlog of learners significantly so that there is less strain on the DVSA and people can finally drive themselves around without having to get public transport where Covid may be present.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2021-01-17T02:14:52.513Z","updated_at":"2021-07-27T23:00:01.305Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2021-01-27T15:21:35.068Z","closed_at":"2021-07-27T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-01-17T19:00:27.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DfT","name":"Department for Transport","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport"}],"topics":[]}}]}