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People without an FAC should be able to use air guns for the same purposes. This should only apply when faced with armed or multiple intruders.","additional_details":"This would protected people from prosecution for the using firearms for defence on private property.\r\n \r\nThis could help deter criminals making you or your home a target for crimes; home invasions, rapes/ sexual assaults, thefts, kidnappings, smash grabs, violent attacks.\r\n \r\nIndividuals using firearms outside of the permitted circumstances would face revocation of their FAC, seizure of their firearms, and prosecution.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2023-06-22T12:04:24.254Z","updated_at":"2024-01-04T00:00:16.695Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2023-07-03T15:18:20.141Z","closed_at":"2024-01-03T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2023-06-22T19:52:20.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"HO","name":"Home Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":306019,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/306019.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":"Grant for the disabled people, to assist with social isolation.","background":"A grant  of £5000, that can be used to either buy equipment to use to access video calls or to pay internet access. So that can keep in contact with others. Especially people with Mental Health condition, as the minority will suffer the most from social isolation.","additional_details":"I am suffering from mental health and trying to social isolation, but this is cause my depression and anxiety to increase. \r\nThere is also evidence that says it take a long time for people with mental health conditions to get use to new routes. \r\nAs the government are moving so fast this cause this group of people a lot more stress. Which will increase the pressure on the NHS and possibly a increase in the amount of suicide. \r\nThere is also people with other disabilities that will be affected.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2020-03-19T17:10:14.526Z","updated_at":"2020-10-20T23:00:00.282Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2020-04-20T09:30:27.220Z","closed_at":"2020-10-20T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-03-19T19:29:04.000Z","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":[{"acronym":"HMT","name":"HM Treasury","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":304268,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/304268.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":"Legislate to limit interest rates on lending during Covid-19 outbreak","background":"Legislate to put a temporary maximum interest rate, such as 3%, on all lending, such as credit card and overdraft debt.","additional_details":"As people lose their jobs and income, the first port of call for survival for many will be credit cards and overdrafts.\r\n \r\nThe Central Banks have reduced interest rates to near zero, yet many credit card companies and banks still charge 20+%, and many banks are increasing the interest rate for overdrafts to 39.9%.\r\n \r\nLegislate an emergency measure to cap interest on lending, including credit cards and loans, to a maximum, such as 3%, so people can weather this storm.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2020-03-17T09:46:02.832Z","updated_at":"2020-10-24T23:00:02.437Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2020-04-24T10:40:12.891Z","closed_at":"2020-10-24T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-03-17T10:32:54.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"HMT","name":"HM Treasury","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":628179,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/628179.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":"End presumption of parental involvement in relation to child arrangement orders","background":"The welfare of the child should be the sole consideration when a contact order is being created. Simply because a person is the parent of a child courts should not presume parental involvement in a child's life is beneficial. It can have the opposite effect.","additional_details":"While the child's welfare is the paramount consideration in any question regarding the upbringing of a child, the Children Act 1989 requires the courts to presume, unless the contrary is shown, that involvement of that parent in the life of the child concerned will further the child's welfare. This provision should be removed, so that parental contact is only ordered if it is clear it is in the best interests of the child.\r\n \r\nRequiring children to have contact with people who don't have their best interests at heart can be harmful and traumatic. Protecting a child from both emotional and physical harm should be the sole consideration when creating child arrangement orders.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2022-11-14T08:39:15.275Z","updated_at":"2023-05-18T23:00:02.847Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2022-11-18T15:18:31.184Z","closed_at":"2023-05-18T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-11-14T11:34:50.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"MoJ","name":"Ministry of Justice","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":655593,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/655593.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":"Ban schools from letting trans students stay in dorms of their preferred gender","background":"According to recent news report, boarding schools are allowing trans pupils to stay in dorms of their preferred gender. We think this is inappropriate, and schools should be banned from allowing this.","additional_details":"","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2024-01-21T21:49:35.897Z","updated_at":"2024-05-29T23:01:04.746Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2024-02-12T16:13:07.057Z","closed_at":"2024-05-29T23:01:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2024-01-22T00:35:20.000Z","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":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":638237,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/638237.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 Strangles in Equines a notifiable disease in the UK","background":"I would like the Government to make Equine Strangles a notifiable disease within the UK, so that positive cases must be reported to DEFRA, making it easier to contain this disease and prevent it’s spread, so that owners of equines can keep their animals safe and healthy.","additional_details":"Strangles is a disease of the lymph nodes of the upper respiratory tract in horses. Affected horses can have a high temperature, cough, poor appetite, nasal discharge, swollen or abscessed lymph nodes of the head or even open sores. Strangles can be fatal if the bacteria spreads to other parts of the body or the respiratory tract is blocked by swollen lymph nodes. As this is not notifiable, infected horses can still travel/compete, without restrictions and thus spread it to unsuspecting individuals.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2023-05-17T15:53:57.054Z","updated_at":"2023-11-23T00:00:14.187Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2023-05-22T12:38:29.468Z","closed_at":"2023-11-22T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2023-05-17T16:24:00.000Z","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":"DEFRA","name":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":617570,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/617570.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":"Urge China to ban the Yulin dog meat festival ","background":"We want the British government to put pressure on the Chinese government to ban the Yulin dog meat festival due to take place in June. It is cruel and barbaric. It lets the whole of China down.","additional_details":"The festival began in 2009 and spans about ten days between June 19-30th during which it is estimated that 10,000 – 15,000 dogs are tortured and then consumed. It is not necessary. The suffering and abuse these poor sentient creatures go through is an abomination. We need to pressure the Chinese government to outlaw it, and ban it from ever taking place again!","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2022-05-30T08:19:07.985Z","updated_at":"2022-12-16T00:00:08.157Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2022-06-01T12:47:40.865Z","closed_at":"2022-12-15T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-05-30T09:37:39.000Z","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":"DEFRA","name":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs"},{"acronym":"FCDO","name":"Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-office"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":660044,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/660044.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 recommendations of pay awards bodies binding on Government","background":"Pay rises for MPs are implemented automatically, and the Government appears to be sympathetic to pay increases for civil servants. Recommendations by other pay review bodies are often subject to delay, or not implemented in full. We want recommendations by all pay awards bodies to be binding.","additional_details":"We want legislation enshrining the independence of pay review bodies in law, and making their recommendations binding on the Government, with pay increases implemented on the same day for all public sector workers for which there are pay review bodies. This would mean that, as with decisions by IPSA about pay for MPs, the Government would not be able to delay or adjust decisions by pay review bodies.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2024-04-03T15:00:27.632Z","updated_at":"2024-05-29T23:01:11.340Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2024-04-12T16:28:00.645Z","closed_at":"2024-05-29T23:01:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2024-04-03T16:41:50.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"CO","name":"Cabinet Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":326845,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/326845.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":"Mandatory education and guidance on ethnic hair","background":"Compulsory education on the differences between human hair in the National curriculum and guidance for employers is needed.\r\n\r\nDiscrimination is most likely due to lack of knowledge and ignorance towards the variety in human beings.\r\n\r\nAcknowledgement of the nature of afro Caribbean hair would help!","additional_details":"Introduce extensive and informative modules on afro Caribbean hair in schools.\r\n \r\nIn the workplace training is needed on discrimination against black people as well as information regarding the nature of hair in all its varieties. Overall resulting in the understanding that there are different types of hair that act in different ways.\r\n \r\nWe cannot make excuses for our ignorance any longer.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2020-06-12T14:39:27.766Z","updated_at":"2021-02-19T00:00:01.946Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2020-08-18T06:57:36.523Z","closed_at":"2021-02-18T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-06-12T14:47:34.000Z","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":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":562453,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/562453.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":"Permanently limit the foreign aid budget to no more than 0.1% of national income","background":"The UK government has a budget for aid to overseas countries. We want the government to permanently reduce this budget to no more than 0.1% of gross national income, which is considerably less than the current amount.","additional_details":"Many people living in other countries face conflict, extreme poverty, unstable climates and so greatly benefit from foreign aid. Currently it is enshrined in law for the UK to contribute 0.7% of national income to foreign aid, although a temporary reduction to 0.5% was recently announced. \r\n\r\nIndividuals wishing to see more money sent overseas can donate their personal money to a charity of their choice.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2020-11-30T07:53:11.733Z","updated_at":"2021-06-10T23:00:07.023Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2020-12-10T15:17:06.364Z","closed_at":"2021-06-10T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-12-02T18:06:37.000Z","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":"HMT","name":"HM Treasury","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":643801,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/643801.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":"Provide urgent funds for alternative teaching space for schools affected by RAAC","background":"Students are being affected by unsuitable concrete in schools where their classrooms are unusable, and they are having to move lessons as a result. The Government needs to make it a priority to provide funding for temporary classrooms that can be used for teaching.","additional_details":"Education and wellbeing of children is the Government's responsibility. After COVID and teachers' strikes, having more time away from the classroom will be detrimental to children's education and mental health.\r\n","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2023-09-13T17:45:40.991Z","updated_at":"2024-03-28T00:00:02.367Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2023-09-27T14:51:17.862Z","closed_at":"2024-03-27T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2023-09-15T11:40:20.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":585320,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/585320.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 discrimination against people renting with Housing Benefit & other benefits","background":"Although the Supreme Court has ruled that it is unlawful and discrimination for lettings agents, landlords and mortgage companies to refuse to rent to people who pay their rent with Housing Benefit/Local Housing Allowance, a very high number of adverts for homes to rent still state \"No DSS\".","additional_details":"The discrimination against people paying rent with Housing Benefit and/or other benefits directly affects where people can and cannot live. The government need to put a stop to this by bringing in legislation and prevent landlords, letting agents and mortgage companies from stating that they will not accept tenants who pay with benefits like Housing Benefit. Some claimants have no other option than to pay their rent with Housing Benefit due to disability. This situation affects their disability too.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2021-05-08T12:38:25.135Z","updated_at":"2021-11-14T00:00:08.597Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2021-05-13T16:51:54.941Z","closed_at":"2021-11-13T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-05-08T15:47:35.000Z","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":551621,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/551621.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 DNA paternity testing mandatory prior to registration on birth certificate","background":"To stop misattributed paternity, the Government should introduce free, mandatory paternity tests prior to the registration of paternity on birth certificates. ","additional_details":"According to research around 1 in 50 fathers in the UK could be raising a child that they think is biologically their own but is not. The long term heartache for the adult & more importantly the child when this is discovered is long term and could have been limited if identified at birth.\r\n \r\nDNA is tested in school experiments, ancestry, medical examinations, treatments & surprise findings will be made. Testing at birth would eliminate these problems later.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2020-09-18T10:42:37.230Z","updated_at":"2021-04-05T23:00:06.660Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2020-10-05T16:37:22.004Z","closed_at":"2021-04-05T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-09-18T12:50:24.000Z","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":null,"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":332098,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/332098.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":"Require outdoor venues to rent take-away cups to customers by deposit only.","background":"Food and drink establishments should be banned from giving customers single use plastic to take-away. If people were given cups, with an enforced deposit charge, this would give them incentive to return the items. This would clear up the beaches and streets as well as being far more sustainable.","additional_details":"Every morning the beaches and streets are littered with plastic cups that are given to customers by bar staff. The drinking establishments don't take any responsibility for this and the council have to pay to have the beaches cleaned. A lot of this plastic ends up in the sea before the council clear it up. Enforcing deposits for take away items has already been successfully adopted by festivals around the world and something has to be done about the litter problem we have here in the UK.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2020-07-19T09:46:03.974Z","updated_at":"2021-03-22T00:00:05.335Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2020-09-21T09:56:00.203Z","closed_at":"2021-03-21T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-07-19T21:52:44.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DEFRA","name":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":574737,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/574737.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":"Free test to release scheme for EU/international students with family abroad.","background":"Re-introduce test to release scheme to shorten quarantine time for EU/international students to let them see their families abroad. The scheme should be free.","additional_details":"Many of the EU/international students have not had a chance to see their families for Christmas because they live abroad. It is causing a lot of mental health problems, including depression anxiety and social withdrawal. This is cruel and unfair compared to the UK students who can go home. The test and the initial 5 days of quarantine should happen but the tests for students should be free, since not all of them can afford it, and should enable to shorten the quarantine time if negative.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2021-02-10T10:58:27.180Z","updated_at":"2021-08-17T23:00:03.387Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2021-02-17T08:46:34.151Z","closed_at":"2021-08-17T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-02-10T11:12:47.000Z","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":null,"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":578041,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/578041.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":"Pay a £2,500 bonus to all NHS employees.","background":"The Government have paid Furlough payments of up to £2.5k a month per person to sustain people though the pandemic for over a year.\r\n\r\nThe Government have just announced a pay rise of 1% to NHS staff which barely covers inflation.\r\n\r\nPlease pay each of them a similar amount as a bonus","additional_details":"All NHS staff have been working all though the pandemic and put themselves at enormous risk by exposure to the disease, I would like to suggest that the Government pay a one-off bonus to all NHS staff to the same value as the monthly Furlough payments of £2.5k\r\n\r\nThis would demonstrate to the NHS the high regard we all hold them in and give some appreciation to them for their efforts in the last year.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2021-03-05T12:18:04.389Z","updated_at":"2021-09-12T23:00:05.070Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2021-03-12T09:16:21.995Z","closed_at":"2021-09-12T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-03-05T17:40:45.000Z","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":"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":325691,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/325691.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":"Increase and extend child benefit to tackle coronavirus hunger","background":"Increase child benefit to £50 per child per week immediately so parents can feed their children. Make child benefit once again a meaningful measure to tackle poverty. Lift the benefit cap and extend child benefit to families with no recourse to public funds so no child is hungry.","additional_details":"Since lockdown began, over 5 million people in households with children have experienced poverty and food insecurity. This is double an estimate from 2018. More than 200,000 children have had to skip meals because their parents could not access enough food. This hunger compounds the impact that lockdown has had upon sharpening educational inequalities. It is a shocking increase on what were already unacceptable levels of hunger and destitution in our affluent nation. Free children from hunger.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2020-06-08T17:48:14.414Z","updated_at":"2021-03-02T00:00:01.396Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2020-09-01T10:25:08.111Z","closed_at":"2021-03-01T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-06-08T18:05:34.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DWP","name":"Department for Work and Pensions","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":639140,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/639140.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":"Require costs be awarded for successful applications for non-molestation orders","background":"I would like the Government not to just talk about domestic abuse but to take action. Non-molestation orders are difficult to get. You have to give a lot of personal information. And you have to pay for legal representation. Abusers should pay these costs, instead of a victims.","additional_details":"There is too much domestic abuse, which has a huge impact on victims, and we want the Government to make it less costly for people who seek non-molestation orders.\r\n \r\nI believe the justice system is letting people down, and that abusers should be made to pay the legal costs of victims who successfully apply for a non-molestation order. This would mean that abusers, not victims, pay these costs.\r\n","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2023-06-05T18:29:05.803Z","updated_at":"2023-12-10T00:00:00.192Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2023-06-09T13:48:38.243Z","closed_at":"2023-12-09T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2023-06-06T16:26:20.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"MoJ","name":"Ministry of Justice","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":599167,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/599167.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":"Abolish the legal aid means test for victims of domestic abuse/coercive control","background":"The government must abolish the legal aid means test for domestic abuse victims. Victims should not have to pay legal fees in family proceedings to protect themselves and their children especially if the police or other professionals such as doctors or social workers can validate the abuse.","additional_details":"If a victim has a job or owns a home, they should not be exempt from legal aid. Many victims get into debt by paying for legal fees in family court especially when perpetrators do not support their children financially. This can lead to poverty and homelessness and other major problems for the victims and their children. The government must do more to assist victims, rather than let them face a choice between keeping themselves and their children safe or going without bare necessities.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2021-10-15T17:47:58.394Z","updated_at":"2022-04-26T23:00:08.347Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2021-10-26T14:33:37.788Z","closed_at":"2022-04-26T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-10-17T19:46:18.000Z","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":"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":602458,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/602458.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":"Legalise and license sale of pepper spray ","background":"The Government should:\r\n- create a licensing scheme for the sale of pepper spray to those with ID only; and\r\n- require pepper spray products to have a serial number which is logged with the ID of the purchaser on a database","additional_details":"This should help protect women and men, ultimately reducing the risk of assault. Pepper spray is a widely recognised non-lethal deterrent that can be used for self-defence. Firearms can be purchased and registered to a person so a non-lethal deterrent could easily have the same system.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2021-12-03T21:34:00.550Z","updated_at":"2022-06-08T23:00:02.387Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2021-12-08T18:03:47.625Z","closed_at":"2022-06-08T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-12-04T10:32:28.000Z","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":643133,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/643133.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":"Don't abolish \"nutrient neutrality\" that protect rivers from pollution","background":"We want plans to remove rules on \"nutrient neutrality\" to be withdrawn or rejected.\r\n\r\nThese rules are part of some of the UK's most effective nature-protection laws, the Habitats Regulations.\r\n\r\nThey ensure that developers must pay to prevent harm to ecologically-important rivers and streams.\r\n\r\n\r\n","additional_details":"New developments can increase river pollution, with sewage and wastewater harming sensitive habitats.\r\n\r\nUnder current rules, developments can only go ahead in the most ecologically-sensitive areas if developers pay to reduce other sources of pollution. The rules don't stop development, but they do ensure the \"polluter pays\".\r\n\r\nGovernment plans in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill would scrap this vital protection for nature, leaving nature and the public to pick up the bill.\r\n","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2023-08-29T14:29:00.357Z","updated_at":"2024-03-14T00:00:14.031Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2023-09-13T12:36:43.713Z","closed_at":"2024-03-13T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2023-08-29T16:16:50.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DEFRA","name":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":616052,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/616052.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":"Ban children from all greyhound tracks","background":"The Government should ban children from attending greyhound racing tracks. At these tracks there is a risk of children’s involvement in placing bets with their parents. ","additional_details":"Around 55,000 problem gamblers are aged 11 to 16 in the UK, according to the Gambling Commission, with a further 85,000 estimated to be at risk. Children are susceptible to both family and peer influences and marketing campaigns. Children’s charity BigDeal say that if children accompany peers and parents who are gambling, the chances are higher that the child will develop a gambling problem themselves. If we remove children from these situations we help to safeguard them from future addiction and harm.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2022-05-04T09:09:55.230Z","updated_at":"2022-11-20T00:00:00.865Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2022-05-05T15:08:14.057Z","closed_at":"2022-11-19T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-05-04T11:32:39.000Z","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":653497,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/653497.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 breaking a manifesto pledge trigger a General Election","background":"For any pledge that is part of the published party manifesto, that was in place at the election where the government came to power, if that pledge is subsequently broken, a general election should be triggered.","additional_details":"The UK public expect and deserve the highest standards of integrity from its politicians and in recent years manifesto pledges have been broken.\r\n \r\nManifesto pledges are one of the main reasons voters choose a particular political party so if the pledges are broken, the voters must be afforded an opportunity to vote again.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2023-12-19T15:33:02.353Z","updated_at":"2024-05-29T23:01:01.904Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2024-01-02T17:48:52.298Z","closed_at":"2024-05-29T23:01:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2023-12-21T15:20:50.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"CO","name":"Cabinet Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":661025,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/661025.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":"Do not remove Benefits from those deemed fit to work","background":"We urge the UK Government to not to go ahead with a policy of removing welfare benefits from individuals deemed fit for work but who have not accepted job offers after 12 months. I think this would increase poverty, inequality, and unfairly harm the most vulnerable people.","additional_details":"I think that not going ahead with the removal of benefits for is essential to protect those already facing hardship. It upholds principles of compassion and social justice, could help prevent harm to physical and mental health, and avoids widening inequality. Additionally, I think it promotes social cohesion, stability, and long-term economic well-being while encouraging alternative solutions to support individuals in finding employment.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2024-04-20T22:34:45.588Z","updated_at":"2024-05-29T23:01:12.912Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2024-05-07T13:38:10.974Z","closed_at":"2024-05-29T23:01:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2024-04-20T23:54:50.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DWP","name":"Department for Work and Pensions","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions"}],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":620062,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/620062.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":"Fund more NHS Walk-in-Centres to help take pressure off A&E","background":"Many NHS Walk-in-Centres have been closed or are now appointment-only, so too many people with minor injuries or illnesses are not able to be seen, and are attending A&E departments instead. The wait to be seen in A&E can be several hours, even for people with acute or serious illnesses.","additional_details":"Having more walk-in-centres should help to take the pressure off A&E departments and help those who need the care most to be seen earlier before their illnesses become life-threatening. Research shows that the mental health of frontline NHS staff, including those in A&E departments, is suffering. The NHS needs funding to create more facilities.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":61,"created_at":"2022-07-11T08:45:54.334Z","updated_at":"2023-01-30T00:00:07.835Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2022-07-15T11:05:50.727Z","closed_at":"2023-01-29T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-07-11T10:06:59.000Z","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":"DHSC","name":"Department of Health and Social Care","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care"}],"topics":[]}}]}