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I believe changing voting days from a Thursday to a Saturday or a Sunday to allow people easier access to get along to their polling station and vote. The UK are the only EU country to vote on a Thursday & most other countries have much higher turnouts. 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This surely can't go ahead without more schools, shops and medical facilities being considered.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2014-02-14T19:39:30.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:14:48.461Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-02-19T15:25:02.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-19T14:25:02.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-14T19:39:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":52846,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/52846.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":"Letting Agents Admin Fees","background":null,"additional_details":"We the undersigned are professionals working within the Property Lettings Industry.\r\n\r\nThe ongoing campaign by the likes of Shelter are harming the industry by abolishing the admin fees agents charge as agents will not be able to operate properly which will result in rents being increased to cover the costs.\r\n\r\nLandlords will end up suffering becuase properties will be left empty for long periods & repossessions will also increase.\r\n\r\nTenants will suffer in the increased rent.\r\n\r\nLeave agents to run their businesses properly","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2013-07-18T11:43:52.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:33.209Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-08-20T13:51:51.000Z","closed_at":"2014-08-20T13:51:51.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-07-18T11:43:52.000Z","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":66370,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/66370.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":"say YES to McDonald's on Kenton lane","background":null,"additional_details":"There is a plan to build a multi-story McDonald's restaurant on the old crofters lodge site on Kenton lane, not everybody has to use it, but for those of us who would like a nearby McDonald's then this would be a great idea. As of 13/06/14 the page for NO TO MCDONALD'S currently has 8 signatures, lets get more!!! 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The truth is available of where the arms are coming from and where the funding is coming from. The British government is heavily involved in illegal activity which is resulting in the deaths of innocent civilians and it is directly responsible for crimes against humanity. The tribunal should also deal with previous figures of government whole have behaved in such ways. Punishment should be handed out like in the Nuremberg trials of the 1940s.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2013-03-27T18:33:00.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:44.434Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-03-28T16:24:23.000Z","closed_at":"2014-03-28T16:24:23.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-03-27T18:33:00.000Z","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":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":61736,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/61736.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":"Prohibited fly zone over London","background":null,"additional_details":"Create a prohibited fly zone for commercial aircraft and helicopters over London within the area bordered by the North and South Circular ring road.\r\nParis bans all commercial flights and helicopters within the Peripherique and police and military must fly above 2,000 metres so why can't the English copy the French and do the same for London?","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2014-03-01T12:21:31.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:14:55.516Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-03-03T09:44:03.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-03T09:44:03.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-01T12:21:31.000Z","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":64110,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/64110.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":"Re-open the East Lincolnshire Railway","background":null,"additional_details":"I would like to see the East Lincolnshire Railway returning some day, even though all of the route may not be able to return at least part of the route does. I think also a feasibility study should be carried out to work out the kind of figure needed for the eventual reinstatement of the Ludborough to Louth line via Fotherby Halt. Now the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway have received charitable status they can apply for funding and grants to help them to achieve their dream of returning trains back to the market town of Louth once again. Louth cannot be left without a rail connection for any longer as the last freight train pulled into Louth at the end of 1980 so that's more than 30 years ago since the town saw it's last train, something has to be done to help the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway reach their target and get to Louth!","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2014-04-20T10:38:19.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:15:17.776Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-04-22T08:42:57.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-30T22:59:59.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-20T10:38:19.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":66708,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/66708.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":"Fund the NHS shortfall £2bn from Overseas Aid Budget","background":null,"additional_details":"The NHS is facing a budgetary crisis of £2bn a year, if not funded by the Chancellor health services will suffer next year.\r\nBritain spends upward of £12bn a year on Overseas Aid. The NHS funding should come before Overseas Aid and if necessary Overseas Aid should be ct.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2014-06-23T13:15:43.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:15:41.533Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-06-24T07:41:49.000Z","closed_at":"2014-12-24T08:41:49.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-23T13:15:43.000Z","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":56239,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/56239.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":"Mandatory Terms And Conditions For All Websites Available In The UK","background":null,"additional_details":"There should be a mandatory set of 'Terms And Conditions' that all websites that are available in the UK must abide by or they will be blocked within the UK.\r\n\r\nThis will help stop undesirable media appearing in a public search's e.g. A general Google/Bing search and on inappropriate sites e.g. Facebook.\r\n\r\nAny site with a legitimate request to be excluded can apply to be allowed and if permission is granted then the site must have a secure 'user log on' to view the material.\r\nE.g. A site that depicts decapitations etc, as it is a human rights site.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2013-10-23T12:12:24.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:14:04.757Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-10-24T07:14:26.000Z","closed_at":"2014-10-24T07:14:26.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-10-23T12:12:24.000Z","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":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":54738,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/54738.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":"High Speed rail Link between Norwich and London","background":null,"additional_details":"I propose that the current slow and antiquated rail link between Norwich and London Liverpool Street be upgraded to a higher speed and newer cleaner rolling stock. Having 20 year old trains and a fully electrified route is senseless. This route should be high speed and take no longer than 1 hour not 2 hours to travel 120 miles! This is the slowest city to city route in the UK and should be upgraded.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2013-09-10T07:56:11.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:50.610Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-09-11T10:33:26.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-11T10:33:26.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-09-10T07:56:11.000Z","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":69159,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/69159.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":"remove excessive logos on school uniforms to reduce unessasary costs and improve availibility.","background":null,"additional_details":"Why do schools have to have their logo on every piece of uniform. This not only increases the cost but also makes it harder to source. Removing the un-nessasary logos will make it easier and cheaper for parents to purchase. Surely having the logo on the overpriced poor quality blazers is enough to identify the school the child attends.\r\n\r\nthank you for reading the petition.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2014-09-03T18:21:56.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:16:03.327Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-09-25T10:06:48.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-30T22:59:59.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-03T18:21:56.000Z","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":49631,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/49631.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":"Referendum on Mixed Member Proportional Representation to replace First Past the Post","background":null,"additional_details":"This petition asks for a referendum on the voting system used in General Elections and for local councils. It's submitted the system should be changed from First Past the Post to proportional representation specifically Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMR).\r\n\r\nThe main benefit would be that the number of MP’s or councillors would reflect the percentage each party achieves in the vote. In 2010 General Election the Liberal democrats achieved 23% of the vote but only got 8% of the seats. In the 2013 local elections the United Kingdom Independence Party gained 26% of the vote but only got 6% of the seats.\r\n\r\n20% of the votes should give a party 20% of the seats/councillors.\r\n\r\nMMR is an advantageous unlike the AV put forward in the 2011 referendum because:\r\n-Every vote counts, there are few wasted votes\r\n- In places where it is used voter turnout has increased\r\n-Most importantly of all unlike AV maintains the link between the MP and the local constituency\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2013-05-04T15:03:39.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:13:02.559Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-05-08T09:48:17.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-08T09:48:17.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-05-04T15:03:39.000Z","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":52844,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/52844.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 surveillance of British citizens emails, social media and phone calls without a warrant","background":null,"additional_details":"The following bills are all made to see all the information that we may deem personal to use of our daily lives. The Mastering the internet bill, Global telecoms exploitation bill and Tempora are all the culprits that I mentioned to this use.\r\n\r\nIn summary this gives the government the write to look at our private activity without a warrant this is a huge infringement of our human rights.\r\n\r\nI would like to request an amendment of the bills for them to only to apply for people which have a warrant against them.  Since UK citizens should have a right to privacy. 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Thus aiding their ability to gain regular employment and reduce their dependency on the benefit and health systems","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2014-07-04T11:58:30.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:15:45.207Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-07T17:22:40.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-30T22:59:59.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-04T11:58:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":47992,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/47992.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 paying people to have children","background":null,"additional_details":"Children are a vital part of the our future. Having children is a personal choice either for single parents or for couples and every parent has the right to have as many children as they wish.\r\n\r\nHowever, having children is the parents responsibility, and it is not the taxpayers responsibility to help fund those parents who freely choose to have three, four or more. Furthermore the taxpayer cannot afford to help finance parents who wish to have many children.\r\n\r\nThe benefits system should therefor be changed so that financial assistance of any type is provided ONLY for the first two children in any household, so that whilst any individual can choose to have as many children as they wish, the government & taxpayer will provide financial assistance for only the first two.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2013-04-02T10:20:18.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:46.905Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-04-02T13:55:40.000Z","closed_at":"2014-04-02T13:55:40.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-04-02T10:20:18.000Z","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":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":59449,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/59449.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":"Free Tibet 2014","background":null,"additional_details":"This EPetition calls for the British government to place immediate and heavy pressure on the Chinese to listen and act on the calls of the ordinary Tibetans for freedom and independence from China.\r\n\r\nThis EPetition hopes that the majority of British people are shocked at how their government is willing to turn a blind eye to the brutal occupation of a nation-state with only their trading relationship with China on the line.\r\n\r\nThis EPetition does not want to put a price on the lives and freedoms of the Tibetan people and urges the Government to uphold the UN Declaration of Human Rights that they have signed - to prevent the torture and murder of any more innocent Tibetans.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2014-01-19T17:27:13.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:14:34.148Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-01-23T10:17:47.000Z","closed_at":"2015-01-23T10:17:47.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-01-19T17:27:13.000Z","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":56836,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/56836.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":"Abolish the Penny","background":null,"additional_details":"We should cease minting one and two pence pieces and remove them from circulation. It costs more than one penny to mint a one pence piece, and they fail in the primary task of money, which is to facilitate the exchange of goods and services. The value of the penny is simply too small, meaning it cannot reasonably be made for currency exchange. When the half penny was abolished in 1984, it was worth less than the current value of a penny, and yet the penny remains in circulation.\r\n Other nations such as Canada and New Zealand have already abolished the penny (instead rounding to the nearest 5 pence), and have seen no drop in charitable donations, one of the fears critics of fiscal reform have highlighted.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2013-11-08T23:00:40.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:14:10.305Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-11-12T15:35:23.000Z","closed_at":"2014-11-12T15:35:23.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-11-08T23:00:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":41356,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/41356.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 in Order to Reduce Crime","background":null,"additional_details":"The Government should legalise Cannabis in order to reduce crime and further, take drug dealers off the streets.\r\nIt has also been pointed out that Cannabis helps to open up the mind which is why many argue that it should also be legalised for medical purposes.\r\nEvidence shows that Cannabis is less harmful than the long term effects of alcohol and tobacco.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2012-11-07T20:01:35.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:50.384Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-11-08T09:19:00.000Z","closed_at":"2013-11-08T09:19:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-11-07T20:01:35.000Z","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":37015,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/37015.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":"Simplify UK Tax & Abolish National Insurance","background":null,"additional_details":"We the undersigned ask the UK government to review the current tax system with an aim of both simplifying and making the system more transparent.\r\n\r\nA study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies last year said: \"The current UK tax system is opaque and unnecessarily complex, imposing two entirely separate taxes on earnings – income tax and national insurance contributions. Recent changes have introduced a bizarre marginal rate structure.”\r\n\r\nPoliticians have raised national insurance to avoid putting up income tax. Labour, which had pledged not to raise tax rates, increased national insurance in 2002 to fund a budget boost for the NHS. If national insurance had been abolished it would have been more transparent that the Labour government broke their pledge not to raise taxes which they effectively did by raising national insurance contributions.\r\n\r\nIt is clear that our tax system is opaque and needs reforming and a good start to that would be abolishing National Insurance.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2012-08-11T13:15:35.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:11.403Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-08-13T06:43:45.000Z","closed_at":"2013-08-13T06:43:45.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-08-11T13:15:35.000Z","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":44528,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/44528.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 the UK moving through the snow and ice","background":null,"additional_details":"Norwich came to a standstill on the 15th January 2013. The BBC reported gridlock, large numbers of accidents, some involving pedestrians, and road closures (from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21022971). Anecdotally, car journeys were taking about 6 times as long as usual.\r\n\r\nNorthern Europe does not seem to suffer these same indignities. Over there it's a legal requirement to fit winter tyres during the colder months.\r\n\r\nThe government could help this situation by mimicking what works elsewhere, and do at least one or more of the following:\r\n\r\n- Require winter tyres fitted to all vehicles driving on snow or ice.\r\n\r\n- Make it an offence to drive on snow or ice without suitable tyres.\r\n\r\n- Legally void insurance when the vehicle in an accident was driven on snow or ice without suitable tyres.\r\n\r\n- Create incentives for the use of winter tyres, e.g. negotiating lower insurance premiums, or offering grants or tax breaks to help people buy winter tyres and rims.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2013-01-15T21:35:22.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:16.779Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-01-16T09:09:07.000Z","closed_at":"2013-04-16T08:09:07.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-01-15T21:35:22.000Z","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":63029,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/63029.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 All airline makers to install the latest Sat finding systems in Planes.","background":null,"additional_details":"Due to the fact that in this day and age a Plane can vanish without anyone knowing where it is, the vast cost in tracing a Plane does not make sense, there is Sat systems these days that can pin point most things, these MUST be installed on ALL aircraft and all tracking systems at this time MUST be hidden so NOBODY can just switch them off, this should have been a common sense approach long before this one.\r\n\r\nPlease make sure that ALL planes and its passengers are as safe as can be and this can never happen again.\r\n\r\nAVIATION AUTHORITY get to grips with it please WORLDWIDE.\r\n\r\nMany thanks for reading this.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2014-03-26T21:39:59.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:15:07.141Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-03-31T08:20:46.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-30T22:59:59.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-26T21:39:59.000Z","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":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":46726,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/46726.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":"Tractors and agricultural machinery to be banned from all main roads during peak times","background":null,"additional_details":"Peak times to be defined through consultation, and all Tractors and agricultural vehicles banned from using any main routes during these times. Moving machinery between farms and fields is essential for farming. However, agricultural traffic in certain areas seems to peak at rush hour. In areas of Lincolnshire for example, this frequently leads to commuter tail backs of up to a mile long. Causing lengthy delays, on a daily basis, for many people. The presence of these vehicles on the roads, which is currently heightened at rush hours, is unfair to many commuters. This petition seeks the common sense solution of forcing by law, the absence of agricultural machinery during rush hours/peak traffic times.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2013-03-05T13:57:40.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:12:35.812Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-03-06T11:29:02.000Z","closed_at":"2014-03-06T11:29:02.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-03-05T13:57:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":62177,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/62177.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 for the humane treatment of wild animals during slaughter","background":null,"additional_details":"Petition for the humane treatment of wild animals during slaughter\r\n\r\nWild fish are killed in there TRILLIONS across the world every single year- most of them forced to suffer painful, inhumane deaths (scaled and gutted whilst alive, salted, beheaded, etc).\r\nWild fish are the most slaughtered animal on the planet, and yet there is currently no protection or act in place to ensure that wild animals (fish amongst them) are treated humanely.\r\n\r\nFish feel pain- it is now a scientifically proven fact. And yet hundreds of thousands every single day suffer slow agonising deaths.\r\nThis is unnecessary suffering and CAN be stopped.\r\n\r\nWe propose (as with farmed animals) that ALL wild animals be protected under the Animal Welfare Act, and that new legislation be passed to ensure that new procedures are introduced in commercial fishing and wild hunting, and that cruel, outdated and inhumane slaughter methods are put a stop to once and for all.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2014-03-08T23:09:15.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:14:59.593Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-03-10T09:21:51.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-10T09:21:51.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-08T23:09:15.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":59003,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/59003.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":"MAKE `RISK TAKERS` TAKE OUT INSURANCE AND PROTECT NHS FUNDS","background":null,"additional_details":"We would like `ALL` who take risks which have a serious injury outcome to take out insurance, this would stop the NHS being used as a bottomless purse, people who do stupid stunts with great dangers MUST as they would have to abroad have insurance to cover injuries, at this time the NHS looks after the `DRUNKS` every weekend which is self inflicted through drink but expect the NHS to put things right at the cost of normal people with issues, this is part of the issue and why the NHS is struggling with funds.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2014-01-08T15:34:32.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:14:30.015Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-01-09T09:33:58.000Z","closed_at":"2015-01-09T09:33:58.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-01-08T15:34:32.000Z","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":56255,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/56255.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":"Peterloo Massacre","background":null,"additional_details":"August 16th 2019 is the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. On this day in 1819, 60,000 peaceful men, women and children, from Manchester, Salford & surrounding towns rallied in support of the right to vote. Attacked by armed cavalry, 15 were killed & over 600 injured. Peterloo changed UK politics forever, it began our journey towards one person one vote, Within 13 years the great Reform Act was law, the start of universal suffrage. What better way to mark  this sacrifice than having Manchester's gateway railway station Piccadilly re-named 'Peterloo'? The name 'Peterloo' on millions of tickets, timetables & signs, will be a visible reminder to passengers & visitors of this crucial moment in our history. We want you to sign the petition to get Government support for the change, in doing so please reflect on the selfless actions and vigilance always needed to support democracy, where the many & not the few, decide how we are governed & remember the brave souls of Peterloo.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":19,"created_at":"2013-10-23T19:12:16.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:14:04.868Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-10-29T10:49:06.000Z","closed_at":"2014-10-29T10:49:06.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-10-23T19:12:16.000Z","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":[]}}]}