{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions.json?page=4&parliament=2&state=all","first":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions.json?parliament=2","last":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions.json?page=2438&parliament=2","next":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions.json?page=5&parliament=2","prev":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions.json?page=3&parliament=2"},"data":[{"type":"archived-petition","id":32542,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/32542.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Peace in Burma - Please do something more Mr Cameron","background":null,"additional_details":"Please help aid agencies into Burma, supply needed food and medicine. Please continue upon your current work and increase aid, if you can. Do as much as is feasibly possible, do not abandon your fellow man! We believe in our Government.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":34874,"created_at":"2012-04-03T22:18:02.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:34.206Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-04-13T08:33:48.000Z","closed_at":"2013-04-13T08:33:48.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-04-03T22:18:02.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2012-06-04T16:30:47.969Z","government_response_at":"2012-07-04T16:30:47.969Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2012-07-04","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThe Department for International Development (DFID) is providing support to a number of humanitarian agencies to supply food and medicine to the people of Burma.\n\nIn Kachin State, DFID has provided £2m to meeting humanitarian needs through a number of local Non-Government Organisations. This support is helping to meet the needs for shelter, water, sanitation, heath, bedding and food security of around 27,500 people who have been internally displaced following fighting in that region.\n\nDFID has also agreed on 31 October to provide £2m worth of funding to Non-Governmental Organisations working in Rakhine State, where inter-communal violence has displaced over 100,000 people. UK support will ensure improved safe hygiene for over 58,000 people, more than 32,000 of whom are children, and improve access to treatment for acute malnutrition for 5,000 children.\n\nIn South-East Burma, where more than 500,000 people have been internally displaced and a further 140,000 Burmese people live as refugees in camps across the border in Thailand, DFID has provided food, medical and other essential support for many years. DFID has recently approved a new programme of support to people affected by conflict on the Thai-Burma border, which will provide improved sanitation facilities for Internally Displaced People, immunisation programmes for children, ante-natal care for pregnant women, and food security for 135,000 people in South East Burma.\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:34.200Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:34.200Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":39708,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/39708.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Keep Richard III remains in Leicester","background":null,"additional_details":"For the mortal remains of England's last Plantagenet King, Richard III, the last King to die in battle, recently discovered under a Council car-park in Leicester, to be re-interred with due dignity and respect in Leicester, where he was originally buried.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":34479,"created_at":"2012-10-03T17:06:03.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:35.439Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-10-12T11:54:53.000Z","closed_at":"2013-10-12T11:54:53.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-10-03T17:06:03.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2012-12-04T10:15:11.480Z","government_response_at":"2013-01-04T10:15:11.480Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2013-01-04","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThe Secretary of State grants licences to exhume buried human remains under Section 25 of the Burial Act 1857.   Around 200 licences are issued each year for archaeological purposes.\n\nOn 3 September 2012 the Ministry of Justice granted a licence to Leicester University to exhume human remains found during the excavation of a Leicester car park. The excavation was primarily to investigate a Franciscan friary but also to locate the remains of King Richard III who, evidence suggested, was buried there in 1485.\n\nThe University carried out a series of tests on the remains and on 4 February 2013 announced that one set was those of King Richard III “beyond reasonable doubt”.\n\nThe MoJ licence prescribes that the remains should, no later than 31 August 2014, be deposited at Jewry Wall Museum or be reinterred at St Martin’s Cathedral or in a burial ground in which interments may legally take place; and that in the meantime they should be kept safely, privately and decently by the University of Leicester. The University intends to reinter Richard III’s remains at St Martin’s Cathedral in Leicester.\n\nThe Secretary of State for Justice and the University are currently defending a judicial review of the decision to grant the exhumation licence to the University of Leicester. This judicial review touches on the question of where Richard III should be reinterred.  It would be inappropriate to comment further while the judicial review is ongoing.”","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:35.433Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:35.433Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":67979,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/67979.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Christians under serious threat in Mosul, Iraq","background":null,"additional_details":"We the undersigned call upon the UK Foreign and Commonwealth office to take decisive and immediate action to support the thousands of innocent Christians and others in Mosul, Iraq who are currently facing the threat of murder, rape, forced conversion to Islam and FGM.\r\n\r\nWe ask you to work to ensure safe passage for these people, to work with relief and development agencies to ensure they receive food, water, shelter and medical attention, and to listen proactively and quickly to the informed voices of organisations working on the ground in the area, offering whatever help is most needed there.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":33848,"created_at":"2014-07-25T15:35:00.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:15:53.322Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-25T19:11:35.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-30T22:59:59.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-25T15:35:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2014-08-31T10:58:48.514Z","government_response_at":"2014-09-30T10:58:48.514Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2014-09-30","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThe UK Government remains very concerned by the threat from the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which is seeking to stoke sectarian conflict across the Middle East.  ISIL’s violence and brutality is a threat to Iraq and the wider region, as well as the United Kingdom.\n\nThe Prime Minister issued a statement on 8 August condemning ISIL attacks in Iraq, and highlighting the developing humanitarian crisis of those who have fled their homes.\n\nSince the most recent round of violence began in 2014, more than 1.5 million people have been displaced across Iraq.  The United Nations has now declared the situation as the highest level of humanitarian emergency.\n\nOur position is that Iraq’s leaders must show unity, and put aside their differences to focus on the security threat.  Moderate forces from all communities need to be brought together to stand up to the extremist threat.  The vast majority of Iraqis want to build a safer and more prosperous country, and do not want to return to the violence of the past.\n\nThe UK response is focussed on:\n\nAlleviating the immediate humanitarian suffering of the victims of ISIL.  The UK is providing £23 million in immediate assistance, to provide clean water and sanitation, essential medicine and funding for NGOs and charities.  Some of this has been sent as humanitarian airdrops.  It has also been used to provide technical assistance and supplies.\n\nPromoting an inclusive, sovereign and democratic Iraq.  We welcome the formation of a new Government under Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on 8 September.  This is a critical first step on the way to addressing the serious security, political and humanitarian challenges facing Iraq.  It is now vital that all political blocs work together to overcome those challenges.  The British Government will work closely with the new Government of Iraq as it fights terrorism.\n\nWe continue to speak directly to the Iraqi Government on the situation.\n\nOn 26-27 August, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office responsible for our relationship with the Middle East, Tobias Ellwood MP, travelled to Iraq to urge the Iraqi government to protect all communities, and to deal appropriately with those who are found responsible for any acts of violence and intimidation because of political, ethnic or religious affiliation.  The UK remains resolute that all perpetrators should be held to account.  During his visit, he pressed the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to ensure his new government in Iraq would ensure the protection of all minorities, promote human rights and reassert the rule of law.\n\nMr Ellwood also met leaders of the Syriac Orthodox Church, the church to which many Iraqi Christians belong, making a statement strongly condemning the persecution that Iraq’s religious minorities have suffered.\n\n(Published as of 17th September – A further updated response may be provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as necessary)\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:15:53.315Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:15:53.315Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":18914,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/18914.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Thatcher state funeral to be privatised","background":null,"additional_details":"In keeping with the great lady's legacy, Margaret Thatcher's state funeral should be funded and managed by the private sector to offer the best value and choice for end users and other stakeholders.\r\n\r\nThe undersigned believe that the legacy of the former PM deserves nothing less and that offering this unique opportunity is an ideal way to cut government expense and further prove the merits of liberalised economics Baroness Thatcher spearheaded.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":33832,"created_at":"2011-10-09T23:45:37.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:08:36.698Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-10-10T08:25:34.000Z","closed_at":"2012-10-10T08:25:34.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-10-09T23:45:37.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2011-12-03T10:36:19.258Z","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":35394,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/35394.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Full disclosure of all Government documents relating to the 1972 building workers strike and the conspiracy trials at Shrewsbury","background":null,"additional_details":"In 1972, building workers held their first ever national strike for decent pay and health & safety at work. Five months after the strike ended, 24 trade union members were charged with offences allegedly arising from picketing in Shrewsbury in September 1972. They included individuals who were convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to imprisonment. Government files relating to the strike have been withheld from the National Archives even though more than 30 years have passed.\r\n\r\nWe call upon the Government to release all Cabinet minutes, documents, discussion papers, civil service notes, reports and telephone records produced from 1972 to 1976 by Government departments, agencies and prosecuting authorities relating to the strike, the building workers' unions, the arrested pickets, the prosecutions at Mold and Shrewsbury and the subsequent appeals, as well as any other material pertaining to the case that fall outside the above time period.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":33735,"created_at":"2012-06-27T13:52:31.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:57.065Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-06-27T16:53:22.000Z","closed_at":"2013-06-27T16:53:22.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-06-27T13:52:31.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2012-08-20T19:14:39.367Z","government_response_at":"2012-09-20T19:14:39.367Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2012-09-20","summary":"","details":"We are aware of claims in the media that people have been unable to sign this petition, and that the petition has been subject to manipulation.\n\nThere is no basis for these claims.  The administration of signatures is automated and not subject to any form of interference, while no evidence has been provided to show that there are any issues with the site that prevent signatures from being added to this or any other e-petition.\n\nAdvice on how the e-petitions site work and how to provide feedback can be found using the links at the bottom of this page.\n\nThe majority of papers relating to the trials of the “Shrewsbury 24” are already available at The National Archives (TNA).\n\nUnder the Public Records Act 1967 (PRA) all records selected for permanent preservation must be transferred to TNA by the time they are 30 years old, unless certain other conditions apply. These conditions, which are set out in Section 3(4) of the PRA, are that the information is required for administrative purposes or that the information ought to be retained for “any other special reason”. Where this is deemed to be the case the department in question must seek the approval of the Lord Chancellor.\n\nSuccessive Lord Chancellors have since 1967 been satisfied that security and intelligence information falls within the categories of information that may be retained, and have signed a “security and intelligence instrument” to approve this approach. The “security and intelligence instrument” was most recently renewed in December 2011 and applies until 31 December 2021.\n\nAlthough the Lord Chancellor signs the “intelligence and security instrument” that enables departments to retain information of this type, he does not determine the individual cases in relation to which it is employed. It is a matter for the individual government departments holding particular papers falling within the scope of the “security and intelligence instrument” to decide whether they wish to rely on it to retain them.  At present we are aware that the Cabinet Office is relying on the “intelligence and security instrument” to withhold a small number of papers supplied by or otherwise relating to the intelligence agencies.\n\nFor this reason we are unable to meet your request to release all of the papers relating to this case.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:57.059Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:57.059Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":1090,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/1090.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Petition to retain the ban on Capital Punishment ","background":null,"additional_details":"A petition to call on the government to retain its position regards the abolition of the Death Penalty for all offences. That the British people note that only 58 nations currently use capital punishment, as opposed to 95 which have abolished it, further notes the un-retractable nature of such a sentence in incidents of miscarriages of Justice, further notes the death penalty does not reduce crime or act as a deterrent and in US states which practice capital punishment incidents of homicide are higher than US states which do not, further notes the higher cost of capital punishment compared to life imprisonment, believes that British Justice should not be in the same league as China, Iran, North Korea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Libya  and Syria which do practice capital punishment on a routine basis and that the death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights and an affront to the values of British Justice.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":33456,"created_at":"2011-08-03T23:02:54.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:05:56.217Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-04T09:59:32.000Z","closed_at":"2012-02-04T10:59:32.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-03T23:02:54.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-31T22:06:46.720Z","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":33327,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/33327.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"David Cameron and George Osbourne to Resign","background":null,"additional_details":"We the undersigned petition for the resignation of David Cameron and George Osbourne.\r\n\r\nSince entering office, David Cameron, George Osbourne and the Coalition as a whole have shown themselves repeatedly to be utterly out of touch with the British people's needs and utterly incapable of making any improvement to the financial situation in the UK.\r\n\r\nTheir sole solution to every embarrassment and failure has been to blame the previous government, who left office over two years ago, since that time there has been no improvement and it is an affront to people's intelligence that we be expected to believe that the last government are still responsible for the current situation two years down the line.\r\n\r\nWith members of all parties commenting on their concern and distrust of the current government, it is clear that public and political confidence in them is nearly zero.\r\n\r\nWe call for the resignation of David Cameron and George Osbourne and for a new general election to be called.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":32401,"created_at":"2012-04-25T14:50:08.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:40.127Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-04-27T08:41:24.000Z","closed_at":"2013-04-27T08:41:24.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-04-25T14:50:08.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2012-06-22T16:30:00.465Z","government_response_at":"2012-07-22T16:30:00.465Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2012-07-22","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThis Government is fully committed to a programme of work that will continue to the next election – in May 2015 – and beyond. In 2010, the Coalition parties came together in the national interest and formed a Government at a time of real economic danger. The deficit was spiralling out of control, confidence was plummeting and the world was looking to Britain with growing anxiety about our ability to service our debts.\n\nThis Government’s most urgent job was to restore stability in our public finances and confidence in the British economy. In just two years we cut the deficit by a quarter and set out a credible path towards our goal to balance the current budget over the economic cycle. Yet we have also taken action to ensure that we build a stronger, more balanced economy capable of delivering lasting growth and widely shared prosperity.\n\nWe have had to make some difficult choices, but we have not baulked at the tough decisions needed to secure Britain’s future. Whether it is reducing the deficit, rebalancing the economy, regulating the banks, tackling climate change, modernising our energy and transport infrastructure, putting our universities on a sustainable financial footing or dealing with the challenges of an ageing population and reforming public sector pensions, we have consistently chosen to do what is right over what is easy or popular; what is in our country’s long-term interest over our parties’ short-term interest.\n\nWe have recently published a Mid Term Review document, setting out our achievements to date, and we will continue to put political partisanship to one side to govern in the interests of the country.\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:40.120Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:40.120Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":29103,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/29103.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Negotiations on changes to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme","background":null,"additional_details":"The Secretary of State for Education made a statement on 20 December on changes to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS), confirming that teachers will have to pay 50% more for their pension and face having to work much longer before they get their full pension.\r\n\r\nUnions representing the vast majority of teachers and lecturers have declined to sign up to the proposed Heads of Agreement.\r\n\r\nDespite the Secretary of State’s assurances that sufficient time & resources would be provided to secure a solution, an arbitrary deadline was imposed on the discussions and no additional resources provided.\r\n\r\nI petition the Government to enter into genuine negotiations on the future of the TPS, including the cost-ceiling, the normal pension age and the future level of employee contributions.\r\n\r\nTo achieve a negotiated settlement the Government must accept that further discussions and additional funding are needed.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":32121,"created_at":"2012-02-06T16:50:19.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:04.049Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-02-07T11:21:23.000Z","closed_at":"2013-02-07T11:21:23.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-02-06T16:50:19.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2012-04-04T10:41:10.223Z","government_response_at":"2012-05-04T10:41:10.223Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2012-05-04","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThe government has been involved in extensive negotiations with unions across the public sector and on a scheme by scheme basis. Following detailed negotiations each scheme published its Proposed Final Agreement (PFA) on 9 March 2012. The PFAs set out the core parameters within which each public service pension scheme would operate and the unions agreed to take these to their executives.  The reformed TPS will provide a pension scheme which guarantees teachers one of the best pensions available but keeps a firm lid on rising costs for future generations.\n\nWhile it is recognised that not all unions have accepted a reformed scheme policy, a sufficient number of unions from across the public sector have signed up to the PFAs. Negotiations on scheme design are now closed and will not be re-opened. Government departments are however committed to discussing, with all unions and employer representatives, details for implementation of the scheme design.\n\nThe government has been involved in extensive negotiations with unions across the public sector and on a scheme by scheme basis. Following detailed negotiations each scheme published its Proposed Final Agreement (PFA) on 9 March 2012. The PFAs set out the core parameters within which each public service pension scheme would operate and the unions agreed to take these to their executives.  The reformed TPS will provide a pension scheme which guarantees teachers one of the best pensions available but keeps a firm lid on rising costs for future generations.\n\nWhile it is recognised that not all unions have accepted a reformed scheme policy, a sufficient number of unions from across the public sector have signed up to the PFAs. Negotiations on scheme design are now closed and will not be re-opened. Government departments are however committed to discussing, with all unions and employer representatives, details for implementation of the scheme design.\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:04.040Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:04.040Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":73628,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/73628.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Minimum milk price for farmers","background":null,"additional_details":"Many farmers are being driven into crisis as retailers slash the milk price further. This is to petition the government to set a minimum milk price payable to the Farmer to protect their business, livelihood & the future of the industry. ","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":31870,"created_at":"2015-01-09T19:29:40.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:16:42.181Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2015-01-12T10:16:04.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-30T22:59:59.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2015-01-09T19:29:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2015-01-24T14:11:35.126Z","government_response_at":"2015-02-24T14:11:35.126Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2015-02-24","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10,000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThe Government understands that some farmers are struggling with low prices and we are doing everything we can to help them through this period. We have asked HMRC and the banks to take a sympathetic stance with dairy farmers, and we have ensured that farm payments for dairy farmers are prioritised by the Rural Payments Agency.\n\nThe Government has created a Groceries Code Adjudicator to address the market dominance of the large retailers and ensure suppliers are treated fairly and lawfully. In the dairy sector, an industry code of practice on contractual relationships is in place to increase trust and transparency and to give farmers a fairer deal. However, the Government cannot legislate on prices, which must be agreed by retailers, processors and producers.\n\nThe Government wants a competitive and resilient dairy industry that can take advantage of the growing demand for British produce. The industry is working together to develop actions to end the current trade deficit in dairy products and increase exports. This is on top of work that the Government is already doing to push for better country of origin labelling on dairy products, and open new export markets. Dairy exports are now at record levels: reaching £1.4billion last year, a 51% increase since 2009.\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:16:42.175Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:16:42.175Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":33799,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/33799.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Ultrasound Scan in Third Trimester of Pregnancy","background":null,"additional_details":"In the NHS, pregnant women will be scanned at 12 and 20 weeks gestation. ( First and second trimester). A simple ultrasound scan in a woman's third trimester could save their babies life. This scan should be done as a precaution to check the baby's amniotic fluid is not falling low. The scan can check the baby's growth and can check what position the baby is in! My baby's life could have been saved if I had had an ultrasound scan late on into my third trimester. Women need to be monitored more closely near the end of their pregnancies as this is where things can go wrong and stillbirth could be the devastating result.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":31499,"created_at":"2012-05-08T20:50:06.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:43.881Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-05-09T08:26:21.000Z","closed_at":"2013-05-09T08:26:21.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-05-08T20:50:06.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2012-07-06T06:57:34.202Z","government_response_at":"2012-08-06T06:57:34.202Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2012-08-06","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nTo lose a baby is devastating for parents and their families.  Every death of a baby is one death too many, and the Department of Health has made reducing infant and perinatal mortality, including stillbirth, an improvement area for the NHS.\n\nThe Department is working with Sands (the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society) and other organisations to help reduce the number of stillbirths.  Currently, a number of groups are being established to carry out key elements of this work, including identifying and raising awareness of the main risk factors associated with stillbirth.\n\nBefore an ultrasound scan in the third trimester could be considered, there would need to be clear evidence that it would be effective.  Where organisations or individuals feel that there is enough published evidence to consider screening for a condition, they can suggest this to the UK National Screening Committee through its website at www.screening.nhs.uk\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:43.875Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:43.875Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":29071,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/29071.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Maintaining a fair and sustainable NHS pension scheme","background":null,"additional_details":"We urge the Department of Health, in conjunction with the governments of the devolved nations, to reopen meaningful negotiations with health unions to achieve a fair and amicable settlement on the future of the NHS pension scheme.\r\n\r\nThe NHS pension scheme is not an unfair burden on taxpayers – in fact, it is currently providing a large positive cashflow to the Treasury.  The settlement should reflect the fact that the NHS scheme underwent major changes only four years ago, with staff taking on responsibility for ensuring it is sustainable in the long term.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":31453,"created_at":"2012-02-06T09:49:50.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:03.841Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-02-09T08:07:37.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-09T07:07:37.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-02-06T09:49:50.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2012-03-09T06:20:14.473Z","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":38772,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/38772.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Richard III to be re-interred at York Minster","background":null,"additional_details":"For the mortal remains of England's last Plantagenet King, and the last King to die in battle, recently discovered under a Council car-park in Leicester, to be re-interred with due dignity and respect in York Minster. He was the last King of the House of York and it is recorded that he was popular in and fond of the North and York in particular where he was regarded with much love and affection. It will also place him geographically closer to the remains of his son, Edward the Prince of Wales, whose remains lie in Sherriff Hutton church. ","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":31350,"created_at":"2012-09-15T22:03:26.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:26.872Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-09-24T11:03:53.000Z","closed_at":"2013-09-24T11:03:53.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-09-15T22:03:26.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2012-11-21T16:11:38.071Z","government_response_at":"2012-12-21T16:11:38.071Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2012-12-21","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThe Secretary of State grants licences to exhume buried human remains under Section 25 of the Burial Act 1857.   Around 200 licences are issued each year for archaeological purposes.\n\nOn 3 September 2012 the Ministry of Justice granted a licence to Leicester University to exhume human remains found during the excavation of a Leicester car park. The excavation was primarily to investigate a Franciscan friary but also to locate the remains of King Richard III who, evidence suggested, was buried there in 1485.\n\nThe University carried out a series of tests on the remains and on 4 February 2013 announced that one set was those of King Richard III “beyond reasonable doubt”.\n\nThe MoJ licence prescribes that the remains should, no later than 31 August 2014, be deposited at Jewry Wall Museum or be reinterred at St Martin’s Cathedral or in a burial ground in which interments may legally take place; and that in the meantime they should be kept safely, privately and decently by the University of Leicester. The University intends to reinter Richard III’s remains at St Martin’s Cathedral in Leicester.\n\nThe Secretary of State for Justice and the University are currently defending a judicial review of the decision to grant the exhumation licence to the University of Leicester. This judicial review touches on the question of where Richard III should be reinterred.  It would be inappropriate to comment further while the judicial review is ongoing.”","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:26.866Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:26.866Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":3747,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/3747.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Diamond Decoraration should include all veterans","background":null,"additional_details":"Culture Secretary announced the diamond decoration was to be presented to military personnel next year to celebrate the Queen's 60 years on the throne.\r\nThere is no mention of Veterans who have served their Queen and Country during her 60 years reign.\r\nChange the criteria to include veterans.\r\n  ","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":31331,"created_at":"2011-08-04T22:57:20.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:06:18.808Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-12T14:19:55.000Z","closed_at":"2012-02-12T15:19:55.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-04T22:57:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2011-09-10T23:13:29.503Z","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":73191,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/73191.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Please Don't Close St. George's RAF Chapel of Remembrance Biggin Hill","background":null,"additional_details":"By March 2016,the Royal Air Force/Ministry of Defence are withdrawing all support from the Chapel.  If  no one or group takes on the responsibility of this magnificent Memorial Chapel, it will be closed without access to the public or church services.\r\n\r\nThis Chapel was built as a Memorial to Aircrew, who had their lives taken in World War ll, they fought and they died. We, today, have the freedom to forget.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":30884,"created_at":"2014-12-20T15:58:26.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:16:38.912Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-12-29T11:44:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-30T22:59:59.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-12-20T15:58:26.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2015-01-13T07:08:18.457Z","government_response_at":"2015-02-13T07:08:18.457Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2015-02-13","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nWe fully recognise the significance and rich heritage of the Chapel and the Garden of Remembrance.  It is precisely because of this that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has been in discussions with Bromley Council for 18 months to preserve the Chapel and the Garden of Remembrance.  Indeed, the Prime Minister has confirmed that as the Chapel represents one of the most significant events in British history, it will be preserved for future generations.\n\nBromley Council wish to create a heritage centre at the site and, subject to agreeing suitable terms to secure it, the site will be leased to them on a long –term basis for a minimal rent.  As such the MOD will continue to work with Bromley Council to support their heritage proposal which we believe will enhance access to the Chapel and ensure its long term preservation\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:16:38.904Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:16:38.904Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":45622,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/45622.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Petition to Increase Awareness and Availability of Umbilical Cord Donation","background":null,"additional_details":"For it to become compulsory for every pregnant woman in the UK to be informed about cord blood banking.  For the government to invest in training midwives to harvest the cord blood so at least one trained midwife is available in every major hospital around the clock.  For temporary storage facilities to be available in every major hospital while it can be transferred to a regional centre.\r\n\r\nAbout Cord Blood Donations\r\n(information from Anthony Nolan and Cord Blood Bank sites)\r\nIt's a risk free procedure that does not interfere with the delivery of your baby in any way\r\nOn average, every year 1 in 100 cord units will be used for transplantation compared to 1 in 1000 registered adult donors\r\n80% of transplant requests would be met if the UK saved just 50,000 cord blood units.  In the UK alone last year, 65,000 litres of cord blood were thrown away!\r\nUp to 70% of people who need bone marrow transplants will not find a match.  Banking stem cells improves those odds.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":30724,"created_at":"2013-02-07T10:58:23.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:26.009Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-02-08T10:33:06.000Z","closed_at":"2014-02-08T10:33:06.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-02-07T10:58:23.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2013-04-08T20:08:50.252Z","government_response_at":"2013-05-08T20:08:50.252Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2013-05-08","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThe Government is committed to improving UK stem cell services and has allocated a total of £12million to help implement the recommendations of the UK Stem Cell Strategic Forum report.  To date, this funding has resulted in an increase in the number of banked clinical grade cord blood units, as well as an aligned UK stem cell register and an increase in adult stem cell donors recruited to the register.\n\nThe Government is working towards a cord blood bank of 50,000 units, but this can only be achieved through a strategic approach, and one that is affordable.  As part of this work, both NHS and certain Anthony Nolan centres are being funded to operate a 24/7 service.\n\nWhile an increased cord blood bank size will result in better patient outcomes, the relative value of each added unit diminishes as the inventory expands.  On this basis, balancing service quality with  cost effectiveness, a bank of 50,000 units was determined as optimal by the UK Stem Cell Strategic Forum.\n\nThe cord blood samples stored in the UK’s public cord blood banks are available to patients across the country, and there is no scientific or financial case for the routine collection of cord blood.\n\nThe Government knows that black, Asian and minority ethnic populations are less likely to find a matched adult stem cell donor.  To try to address this, cord blood collection centres have been sited at hospitals in areas of highest ethnic diversity.\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:26.003Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:26.003Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":46134,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/46134.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Force the Premier League to back grassroots football","background":null,"additional_details":"We call on the Government to ensure that grassroots football receives financial support from the Premier League.\r\n\r\nGovernment cuts mean that many Local Authorities are no longer able to fund grassroots football. Fees for basic facilities are climbing to the point where ordinary people are being priced out of our national sport.\r\n\r\nThe Premier League continues to grow in popularity around the world. Domestic broadcasting rights for 2013-14 to 2015-16 have been sold for £3bn, combined with global rights the Premier League could bring in as much as £5bn over the next three seasons.\r\n\r\nThis cash boost must not be wasted on ever-increasing wages for players when grassroots football is struggling.\r\n\r\nThe Government must encourage the FA to ensure that 7.5% of money from broadcasting rights goes to fund grassroots football. If the FA and Premier League are unable to do so voluntarily the Government must be willing to take further action to make this compulsory.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":30607,"created_at":"2013-02-19T12:25:37.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:30.258Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-02-20T10:21:06.000Z","closed_at":"2014-02-20T10:21:06.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-02-19T12:25:37.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2013-04-21T01:23:48.668Z","government_response_at":"2013-05-21T01:23:48.668Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2013-05-21","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThe Government works closely with the football authorities to ensure that the grassroots benefits from a proportion of the broadcast rights revenue generated by the Premier League and any commercial surplus made by the FA.\n\nThe Premier League makes a significant voluntary contribution to grassroots football that has continued to grow since the League’s inception.  Over the next three seasons the League will redistribute over £850 million pounds to help strengthen football below the top tier.\n\nThis includes solidarity payments to support the 72 clubs in the Football League and the 68 clubs in the three divisions of the Football Conference. Part of this funding is ring-fenced to support these clubs’ work in the community.\n\n£168 million will be spent by the Premier League solely on grassroots football and community sport projects over the next three years. The Premier League has recently formed a strong partnership with Sport England to increase its work in this area. This includes the expansion of the Premier League 4 Sport programme that encourages more young people to take up sport and is helping deliver a tangible sporting legacy from London 2012. The £168 million is on top of direct investment from clubs themselves on community sport projects.\n\nThe recently launched Premier League and the FA Facilities fund will build and upgrade community football facilities in some of the most deprived areas of the country over the next three years. This will build on the success of the Football Foundation - funded by the Premier League, the FA and Government - that has delivered £780 million worth of investment in grassroots facilities in the last ten years. On top of the Premier League investment, the FA returns any surplus from commercial rights into the game and invested £43 million into grassroots football in 2012.\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:30.251Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:30.251Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":43153,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/43153.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"UKIP to be involved in 2015 Televised Debates","background":null,"additional_details":"We believe that if The UK Independence Party or 'UKIP' beat either of the coalition parties (Liberal Democrats or Conservative Party) at the European Elections 2014, then their leader should be allowed to participate and speak as part of any televised leader’s debate ahead of the general election.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":30097,"created_at":"2012-12-11T23:55:27.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:05.089Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-12-13T12:37:10.000Z","closed_at":"2013-12-13T12:37:10.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-12-11T23:55:27.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2013-02-12T03:54:50.371Z","government_response_at":"2013-03-12T03:54:50.371Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2013-03-12","summary":"","details":"This is not a matter for Government.  The arrangement for party political broadcast and debates are for the parties themselves.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:05.082Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:05.082Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":15796,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/15796.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Save our media","background":null,"additional_details":"We call on you to enact strong media regulation legislation which ensures that no single private company or individual controls more than a fifth of our media.\r\n\r\nThe recent News of the World hacking scandal clearly shows the dangers of too much media ownership concentrated in one person’s hands. We urge you to protect our democracy from Murdoch and other media moguls once and for all.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":28966,"created_at":"2011-09-02T09:55:39.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:08:10.405Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-09-02T10:46:09.000Z","closed_at":"2012-09-02T10:46:09.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-09-02T09:55:39.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2011-11-04T15:01:46.595Z","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":49422,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/49422.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Stop Legalised Theft of Copyrighted Works","background":null,"additional_details":"A new legislation that has been rushed through parliament with no thought has now reached royal assent. This legislation means that photographers and illustrators alike will see their artworks legally taken and used for another's own gain.\r\n\r\nUnless your works are registered or plastered with a watermark, anyone can use your copyrighted work for their own commercial and personal gains provided they have made a small effort to search for the original owner. If no owner can be found, they are free to do with it whatever they want.\r\n\r\nThere is nothing to stop people simply removing data embedded in digital files and pleading ignorance to the original author of the work.\r\n\r\nThe details have not yet been finalised, meaning there is little time left to put huge pressure on our government. Write to your MP and demand their objection.\r\n\r\nSign this petition now and share it with all you know to demand the UK Government make a U-turn and abort this legalised theft of digital artworks.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":28757,"created_at":"2013-04-29T19:41:10.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:00.564Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-04-30T11:55:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-01-30T12:55:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-04-29T19:41:10.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2013-06-17T07:38:13.997Z","government_response_at":"2013-07-17T07:38:13.997Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2013-07-17","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThis petition appears to address a measure in the recent Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (ERR Act) concerning orphan works.  In fact, the Act ensures that the work of photographers and illustrators cannot simply be taken by others through a number of strong protections for creators’ interests.\n\nOrphan works are copyright works (such as books, photographs, films and music) for which one or more of the copyright owners cannot be found. Without the permission of all the rights-holders these works can only be used lawfully to a very limited extent. There are millions of such works held in the nation’s museums, archives and libraries.\n\nWith regard to the removal of data about the ownership of the copyright work (metadata), it is already a civil infringement under UK copyright law to knowingly and without authority strip metadata from a copyright work. If the infringer communicates the work to the public it may be a criminal offence.  It may also be a criminal offence under the Fraud Act 2006 if the infringer claims to be the rights holder.\n\nThe Government wants to enable these culturally and economically valuable works to be used while protecting the interests of the missing rights-holders. Section 77 of the ERR Act contains powers to allow the Secretary of State to appoint a body to license the use of orphan works.\n\nAny person wishing to use an orphan work will need to apply to the government-appointed authorising body for a licence.  As part of that process they must undertake a diligent search for the rights-holder which will then be verified by the Government appointed independent authorising body. The absence or removal of metadata does not in itself make a work “orphan” or allow its use under the orphan works scheme.\n\nOnly once the diligent search for the rights-holder has been verified by the authorising body and after the licence fee has been paid will a licence to use the orphan work be issued. Licences will be for specified purposes and subject to a licence fee which is payable up-front at a rate appropriate to the type of work and type of use. The licence fee will then be held for the missing rights-holder to claim.\n\nIf the work is not genuinely orphan then the rights-holder should be found by the search.  If the search is not properly diligent, no licence will be issued.\n\nThe proposal for an orphan works scheme was the subject of a formal written consultation and extensive informal consultation with all stakeholders, including several representatives from photography organisations. There were a number of genuine concerns which have been addressed by various safeguards, such as the verification of the diligent search and the requirement for remuneration to be set aside.  However, some media articles have contained a number of inaccuracies about the scheme.\n\nUnder these powers copyright will continue to be automatic and there is no need to register a work in order for it to enjoy copyright protection. The powers do not allow any person simply to use a photograph or any other work if they cannot find the rights-holder.\n\nA Working Group has been set up by the industry-led Copyright Hub to consider the issue of metadata and try to obtain cross-industry agreement on ensuring that metadata is not removed from copyright works.\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:00.558Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:00.558Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":66835,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/66835.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Save Grass Roots Football","background":null,"additional_details":"We call on the Government to ensure that grass roots football receives financial support from the Premier League.\r\n\r\nEvery child should have the chance to take part in organised sport, but poor quality pitches and ever increasing fees are driving people out of grass roots football.\r\n\r\nGovernment cuts mean that many Local Authorities are no longer able to fund grass roots football; we need a bigger investment from the professional game. The Premier League is the focus of huge amounts of money in English Football, it is right for them to support football from the ground up to ensure its future.\r\n\r\nGlobal broadcasting rights give the Premier League as much as £5bn over three seasons. The Government must work with the FA and Premier League to ensure that 7.5% of broadcasting rights is committed to grass roots football.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":28611,"created_at":"2014-06-26T09:58:32.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:15:42.666Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-06-27T08:05:57.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-30T22:59:59.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-26T09:58:32.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2014-08-14T16:17:59.589Z","government_response_at":"2014-09-14T16:17:59.589Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2014-09-14","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThe Government works closely with the football authorities to ensure that the grassroots benefits from a proportion of the broadcast rights revenue generated by the Premier League and any commercial surplus made by the FA.\n\nThe Premier League makes a significant voluntary contribution to grassroots football that has continued to grow since the League’s inception.  Over three seasons the League will redistribute over £850 million pounds to help strengthen football below the top tier.\n\nThis includes solidarity payments to support the 72 clubs in the Football League and the 68 clubs in the three divisions of the Football Conference. Part of this funding is ring-fenced to support these clubs’ work in the community.\n\n£168 million will be spent by the Premier League solely on grassroots football and community sport projects in their current three years funding cycle. The Premier League has recently formed a strong partnership with Sport England to increase its work in this area. This includes the expansion of the Premier League 4 Sport programme that encourages more young people to take up sport and is helping deliver a tangible sporting legacy from London 2012. The £168 million is on top of direct investment from clubs themselves on community sport projects.\n\nThe Premier League and the FA Facilities fund will build and upgrade community football facilities in some of the most deprived areas of the country with an investment of over £100m across three years. This will build on the success of the Football Foundation - funded by the Premier League, the FA and Government – which prior to administrating the new fund delivered £780 million worth of investment in grassroots facilities in the proceeding  ten years. On top of the Premier League investment, the FA returns any surplus from commercial rights into the game: they invested £43 million into grassroots football in 2012, and work remains ongoing to consider the matter of grassroots investment.\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:15:42.660Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:15:42.660Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":49537,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/49537.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Petition to stop the government reclassifying craft as non-creative","background":null,"additional_details":"We request the Government reconsider the proposal that craft no longer be considered part of the creative industries, as part of the 30 April proposed changes set out in Classifying and Measuring the Creative Industries consultation paper.\r\nThe craft industry and those who work in it, over 88,000 people making a £3bn annual contribution to the UK economy, are inherently and by their very nature creative. We want the UK Government to stop ignoring The Crafts Council and the thousands of mostly sole trading craftsmen and women who consider themselves to be and indeed are creatives.\r\nThe Government should be proud & supportive of our vibrant creative craft industry & celebrate the unique, rich diversity of skills & craftsmanship, not seek to declassify, dismiss & undermine it.\r\nCalling an IT Business Analyst a creative but refusing the title to a skilled potter or ceramicist shows the level of understanding that those proposing the change have of what is and isn't creative.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":28563,"created_at":"2013-05-01T21:58:05.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:01.672Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-05-08T11:53:24.000Z","closed_at":"2013-08-08T11:53:24.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-05-01T21:58:05.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2013-05-24T14:24:14.477Z","government_response_at":"2013-06-24T14:24:14.477Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2013-06-24","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nAs a result of this consultation, many people in the crafts sector have the impression that the Government is considering dropping crafts from the creative industries.  This is not true – the definition of the creative industries will continue to include crafts.\n\nThe purpose of the work is, rather, to grasp the nettle of how we measure the contribution of the creative industries (including crafts) to our economy. That is why the Department for Culture, Media and Sport worked with the Crafts Council, amongst others, to prepare this consultation.\n\nThis is the problem: when we measure the value of the creative industries, we have to use official statistics – namely the industrial and occupational codes used by the Office of National Statistics. These  codes are agreed internationally, and they have never adequately reflected the contribution of crafts. For example, the ONS recently reclassified silversmiths as “other skilled trades”, making it even harder to identify specific crafts. Most craft occupations are subsumed within occupational and industrial codes which are mainly non-creative.\n\nIn the consultation, therefore, we have asked people to make suggestions about how we identify crafts, so that we can make representations both to the Office of National Statistics, and in international fora, to ensure that crafts are appropriately identified and measured.  We of course welcome consultation responses which propose robust technical solutions for how Crafts, as well as other creative sectors badly served by the official codes, might be better teased out from the official data sources and using the existing codes.\n\nFurther clarification is provided here:\n\nhttps://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/classifying-and-measuring-the-creative-industries-consultation-on-proposed-changes\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:01.665Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:01.665Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":29,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/29.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Legalise cannabis","background":null,"additional_details":"A desire for the House of Commons to give a comprehensive debate regarding the merits of legalising cannabis.\r\n\r\nA need for Parliament to discuss the consequences of legalisation on health, the police force, the economy and our civil liberties.\r\n\r\nAn aim to classify cannabis in line with drugs such as alcohol and tobacco.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":28507,"created_at":"2011-07-29T03:23:39.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:05:46.252Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-04T11:03:55.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-04T11:03:55.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-07-29T03:23:39.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2011-10-07T15:44:22.193Z","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":50678,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/50678.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Proscribe English Defence League (EDL)","background":null,"additional_details":"We call on the British government to give serious consideration to proscribing the English Defence League (EDL) under current anti-Terrorism legislation and the Racial and Religious hatred act.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":28455,"created_at":"2013-05-24T08:09:37.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:13.018Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-05-28T10:34:21.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-28T10:34:21.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-05-24T08:09:37.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2013-07-31T13:50:42.128Z","government_response_at":"2013-08-31T13:50:42.128Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2013-08-31","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThe e-petition requests that the Government considers the English Defence League (EDL) for proscription. While we keep the list of proscribed organisations under review, it is Government policy not to comment on whether or not a group is under consideration for proscription.\n\nLegislation allows for a group to be proscribed in the UK only if the Secretary of State believes it is currently concerned in terrorism, within the meaning of the Terrorism Act 2000.\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:13.012Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:13.012Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":71570,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/71570.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Ban the sale of fireworks to the general public in the UK","background":null,"additional_details":"It's my birthday weekend. Am I out celebrating?\r\nNo, I'm at home comforting my terrified dogs.\r\nFireworks have been going off in my neighborhood non-stop for three hours.\r\nThe 5th of November is 4 days away, fireworks started a week ago & they're likely to continue beyond the night they're intended for.\r\nThen there's New Year.\r\n\r\nThe stress fireworks cause many pets and their owners is immense. As a dog trainer I see first hand the overall impact fireworks have on animal behaviour with associated problem behaviours sometimes being seen for months after the fireworks have stopped.\r\n\r\nThere are about 17 million pets in the UK (Figures from 2013), 25% of British homes owns a pet.\r\n\r\nPet owner point of view aside, there is human safety to consider.\r\nIt seems crazy that anyone deemed old enough can buy an explosive and let it off in any open space.\r\n\r\nCanada, South Africa and Australia have limitations or bans on private firework displays and the UK needs to follow suit.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":28343,"created_at":"2014-11-01T20:53:04.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:16:25.201Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-11-03T12:35:33.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-30T22:59:59.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-11-01T20:53:04.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2014-11-29T12:48:15.615Z","government_response_at":"2014-12-29T12:48:15.615Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2014-12-29","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nThe Government recognises the concerns raised about fireworks. While most people enjoy fireworks responsibly, in the wrong hands and used irresponsibly they can cause distress and possibly harm to other people. The Government has considered very closely the matter of a ban on the sale of fireworks to the general public. All the evidence, however, is that the majority of people who enjoy fireworks are prepared to use them sensibly and responsibly on specific occasions as a form of popular family entertainment. The Government therefore concluded that fireworks should not be banned for sale to, or use by, the general public.\n\nThe Government is concerned that that a ban could lead to an unregulated ‘black market’ in illegal fireworks and could encourage people to produce their own dangerous homemade devices.  Enforcement of the existing regime, rather than a ban, helps to prevent this occurring.\n\nThere is a comprehensive package of measures in the Firework Regulations 2004 which is designed to tackle the anti-social use of fireworks through the regulation of both use and supply. These include a number of prohibitions on the importation, sale, possession and use of fireworks late at night. The Regulations also prohibit the possession of adult fireworks in a public place by anyone under the age of 18 and the police have the powers to enforce this part of the Regulations.\n\nIn addition, there are measures in the Explosives Act 1875 which prohibits anyone from throwing fireworks in or into roads or public places. The police have the powers to enforce this section of the Act. Also, in the interests of consumer safety, the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations (2010) prohibit the sale of certain fireworks, place restrictions on those fireworks permitted to be sold and restrict their sale to persons over the age of 18.\n\nConsequently, the Government does not plan to review the regulations to limit the sale of fireworks to the general public further in the short term.  However, Government officials continue to monitor the situation.\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:16:25.194Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:16:25.194Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":32177,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/32177.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Reject Winsor Part 2 Completely","background":null,"additional_details":"The Office of Constable is unique. We face violence, abuse and death and a daily basis. We sacrifice any social and family life to work long and arduous hours with little or no notice.\r\n\r\nWe are recruited from all walks of life, every race, every religion, every background in order to reflect the communities that we serve. We are not all academics, but we use common sense, sound judgement and our own experience to make difficult decisions.\r\n\r\nWe have respect for our superior Officers, for they once walked in our shoes and understand the complexities of the role. They know that application of the law is not black and white, but is every shade of grey.\r\n\r\nIf enacted, the recommendations in Part 2 will destroy the morale that is essential in the delivery of good Policing. It was make a mockery of the Office of Constable and will make British Policing a laughing stock.\r\n\r\nI sign this petition to protect my future, the future of the country and every Police Officer in this Country.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":28269,"created_at":"2012-03-28T12:16:03.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:30.931Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-03-29T11:58:11.000Z","closed_at":"2013-03-29T12:58:11.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-03-28T12:16:03.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2012-06-02T01:32:49.191Z","government_response_at":"2012-07-02T01:32:49.191Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2012-07-02","summary":"","details":"As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:\n\nExisting police pay and conditions were designed more than 30 years ago which is why Tom Winsor was asked to carry out his independent review.  Police officers and staff deserve to have pay and workforce arrangements that recognise the vital role they play in fighting crime and keeping the public safe, and enable them to deliver effectively for the public.  These recommendations are about reforming pay and conditions so that they recognise the hardest-working officers and reward professional skills and continued development.\n\nWith the exception of a small number of recommendations, including that regarding the normal pension age for police officers, no decisions have yet been taken on Tom Winsor’s Final Report.\n\nWe have said that we think it provides a good basis for discussion and consultation and have been committed to constructive engagement with the service throughout the process of formal police negotiating machinery. We have entered into these discussions in good faith, and we have promised to listen to sensible and credible arguments made by the service.\n\nThe outcome of negotiations and consultations will be considered by the Home Secretary who will take a final decision in line with her statutory responsibilities.\n\nThis e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.","created_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:30.925Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:10:30.925Z"},"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}]}