{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions.json?parliament=3&state=not_debated","first":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions.json?parliament=3&state=not_debated","last":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions.json?parliament=3&state=not_debated","next":null,"prev":null},"data":[{"type":"archived-petition","id":236874,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/236874.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Laws to be introduced on social networks on hate preaching against religion(s)","background":"In the recent years numerous far right groups have insulted prophets of faiths including Prophet Muhammad PBUH, using public YouTube, Facebook and other social media platforms. I believe there needs to be a legal boundary set when discussing criticism against religions and their respective Prophets.","additional_details":"The open rallies and social media networks require moderators to stop hate speech. We have far-right preachers who are creating disunity, disharmony against law abiding citizens. Where such speech/expressions incite religious intolerance e.g. in the event of an improper or even abusive attack on an object of religious veneration, the government should consider them to be incompatible with respect for the freedom of thought, conscience and religion and take proportionate restrictive measures.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":115999,"created_at":"2019-01-09T18:58:32.099Z","updated_at":"2020-03-06T11:48:05.398Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2019-01-10T14:01:37.566Z","closed_at":"2019-07-10T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2019-01-09T19:32:20.328Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2019-07-02T09:33:12.000Z","government_response_at":"2019-07-15T11:46:10.346Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":"2019-07-09T22:29:42.000Z","debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":"2020-03-06T11:47:50.510Z","rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2019-07-15","summary":"The Government is committed to the principle of freedom of religion and belief.  But this needs to be balanced against other rights and freedoms, as set out in the Online Harms White Paper. ","details":"Freedom of religion or belief is a fundamental human right and one which must be upheld and defended. Equally, freedom of speech is the foundation of a healthy society, allowing for debate and disagreement, underpinned by those values that bind people together - tolerance, equality and fairness. It is important that all have the right to speak freely, and that a strong legal framework provides the appropriate space to do so. The Government will continue to protect people’s legitimate rights and freedoms whilst also remaining committed to tackling hate crime, both online and offline. \n\nThe Online Harms White Paper, published in April sets out the Government’s plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. The internet and other new technologies have driven dramatic improvements to the economy and society. The benefits of technological innovation should rightly extend to all citizens, and harmful behaviours and content cannot be allowed to undermine these. People have strong and legitimate concerns about their safety and security online – the Government is clear that what is unacceptable offline should be unacceptable online. The challenge as a society is to help shape an internet that is open and vibrant but protects users and communities from harm.\n\nAs outlined in the Online Harms White Paper, the Government intend to establish in law a new duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator. This regulator will set clear safety standards, backed up by mandatory reporting requirements and effective enforcement powers. Companies will be held to account for tackling a comprehensive set of online harms; these range from illegal activity and content to behaviours that may not be illegal but are nonetheless highly damaging to individuals and society.\n\nIn February 2018 the Prime Minister announced a review by the Law Commission of the law in relation to abusive and offensive online communications, to highlight any gaps in the criminal law which cause problems in tackling this abuse. In its scoping report published last year, the Law Commission concluded that behaviour is broadly criminalised to the same extent online as offline and recommended a clarification of existing communication offences. \n\nThe Government has now engaged the Law Commission in a Phase 2 of their Review of Abusive and Offensive Online Communications. The Law Commission will review the current communications offences to establish whether the law is fit for purpose, and whether co-ordinated harassment by groups of people online could be more effectively dealt with by the criminal law. A final report, setting out specific recommendations for legal reform, is due to be published in early 2021.\n\nFinally, the Hate Crime Action Plan refresh has improved the response to all forms of hate crime and ensures a renewed commitment that victims remain at the heart of the work. In this refresh the Government recognises the need to focus on high risk environments, such as online. That is why, the Government committed additional funding to continue to protect places of worship alongside just over £1.5 million for projects to tackle racially and religiously motivated hatred.  This includes support for support for Working Groups to Tackle Antisemitism and Anti-Muslim Hatred, among other important initiatives. The Government also launched a wide-ranging national hate crime public awareness campaign to publicly address hate crime in 2018, including online hate, which was re-run in 2019. Police also now record the faith when a religious-based hate crime has taken place to increase understanding and help target police resources.\n\nMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.","created_at":"2019-07-15T11:46:10.343Z","updated_at":"2019-07-15T11:46:10.343Z"},"debate":{"debated_on":null,"transcript_url":"","video_url":"","debate_pack_url":"","overview":"The Committee decided not to schedule a debate on this petition at this stage as it will be considering the issues it raises as part of ongoing work into tackling online abuse.","public_engagement_url":null,"debate_summary_url":null},"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":244402,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/244402.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"British National (Overseas) Citizens should be given full British Citizenship.","background":"People in Hong Kong who hold the British National (Overseas) passport are British; however, the British government is refusing and avoiding giving these Hong Kongers the","additional_details":"The Chinese government is ignoring the Sino Anglo Agreements signed in 1981. It could be a disaster if we keep ignoring this is happening. Hong Kongers will come in as political refugees. We will need a lot of effort to house them and bad for the British reputations to the International community then.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":101954,"created_at":"2019-03-06T17:01:45.100Z","updated_at":"2020-03-06T11:47:25.075Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2019-03-20T13:50:58.515Z","closed_at":"2019-09-20T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2019-03-06T17:37:54.151Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2019-08-15T04:02:42.000Z","government_response_at":"2019-09-24T09:04:21.588Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":"2019-09-08T02:43:32.000Z","debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":"2020-03-06T11:45:28.503Z","rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2019-09-24","summary":"There are no plans to amend the law in this respect.","details":"Only British citizens and certain Commonwealth citizens have the right of abode in the United Kingdom. British Nationals (Overseas) (BN(O)s) are eligible to travel to the United Kingdom visa-free, for a visit of up to six months. In regard to any extended stay, BN(O)s are not treated any differently to those of any other nationality when it comes to entry to the United Kingdom through study, economic or family routes. BN(O)s can settle in the United Kingdom, if they qualify under the Immigration Rules. They can hold a British passport and are entitled to consular protection when living or travelling outside of the UK, China, Hong Kong or the Macao Special Administrative Regions. \n\nThe only way that we could give a right of abode to BN(O)s would be by granting British citizenship.  Ministers do not have discretion to do that outside of legislation, and there are no plans to amend the law to that effect.\n\nIn his 2007 Review of Citizenship, Lord Goldsmith recognised that to automatically give BN(O)s full British citizenship would be a breach of the commitments made between China and the UK in the 1984 Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong, and that to secure Chinese agreement to vary the terms of that treaty would not be possible.\n\nHowever, BN(O)s can be registered as British citizens in certain circumstances:\n\na) If a person lives in the United Kingdom for a period of five years, and meets the specified residence requirements, they can apply for registration under section 4(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981. Those applying under this section are not required to demonstrate the knowledge of English and knowledge of life in the United Kingdom requirements, and so are not required to pass the Life in the UK test or have an English language qualification in the same way as those applying for naturalisation. \n\nb) The British Nationality Hong Kong Act 1997 also provides for the registration of British nationals who would otherwise be stateless and are ordinarily resident in Hong Kong. \n\nc) BN(O)s can also apply for registration under section 4B of the 1981 Act if they do not have another citizenship or nationality.\n\nFurther information can be found on the Gov.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-british-nationality.\n\nThe UK has a proud record of providing protection for people who need it, for as long as it is needed, in accordance with our obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights.  However, there is no provision within our Immigration Rules for someone to be allowed to travel to the UK to seek asylum or temporary refuge.  \n\nHome Office.","created_at":"2019-09-24T09:04:21.585Z","updated_at":"2019-09-24T09:05:32.660Z"},"debate":{"debated_on":null,"transcript_url":"","video_url":"","debate_pack_url":"","overview":"The Committee decided not to schedule a debate on this petition because it has recently been the subject of a separate debate in the House of Commons.  \r\n\r\nYou can read the debate here: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-01-29/debates/AC02FF56-64CB-4E14-92FD-D2EF59859782/BritishOverseasPassportHoldersInHongKong\r\n\r\nor watch it here: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/eaec7d44-5e95-4bba-a751-9620502bcd1e?in=11:00:00","public_engagement_url":null,"debate_summary_url":null},"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":253647,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/253647.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Without a Deal make \"Revoke Article 50\" the default action.","background":"There is now a grave danger that No Deal will happen simply through inaction. To avoid this catastrophic outcome, the default position must become not No Deal but a revocation of Article 50.","additional_details":"Despite Parliamentarians having voted strongly against exiting the EU with No Deal, it remains in law the default option should the Government fail to get a  deal by the close of 12th April.\r\n\r\nWe must avoid this outcome at all costs. A revocation of Article 50 is not a vote for No Brexit. It is a return to the status quo for the present, giving the UK time to rethink their Brexit strategy.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":101782,"created_at":"2019-03-30T13:52:45.614Z","updated_at":"2020-03-06T11:38:49.120Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2019-04-04T11:34:54.881Z","closed_at":"2019-10-04T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2019-03-30T16:57:34.547Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2019-04-06T12:54:44.418Z","government_response_at":"2019-04-17T15:03:04.713Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":"2019-09-15T12:55:32.000Z","debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":"2020-03-06T11:38:49.120Z","rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2019-04-17","summary":"It remains the Government’s firm policy not to revoke Article 50. We continue to seek a consensus across the House, which will allow the UK to leave the EU with a deal in place.","details":"This Government will not revoke the Article 50 notice. During the 2016 referendum campaign, this Government wrote to every UK household to promise that it would implement the result of the referendum. \n\nWith that commitment in mind, 17.4 million people voted to leave the European Union, providing the biggest democratic mandate for any course of action ever directed at a UK Government. We are committed to leaving the European Union and upholding the result of the 2016 referendum. \n\nTo revoke Article 50, and thereby remain in the European Union, would undermine both our democracy and the trust that millions of voters have placed in Government. The Prime Minister has said that failing to deliver Brexit would cause “potentially irreparable damage to public trust” and this Government maintains that leaving with a deal remains the best outcome for the UK. The Government will therefore press on at pace with efforts to reach a consensus on a deal that is in the national interest.\n\nAs the Prime Minister said at the April European Council, we have agreed a flexible extension with the EU until the end of October. However, it should be clear that this Government will not revoke Article 50. The 2016 referendum gave a clear instruction to the Government to deliver the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. This Government is committed to implementing this instruction.\n\nDepartment for Exiting the European Union.","created_at":"2019-04-17T15:03:04.711Z","updated_at":"2019-04-17T15:03:04.711Z"},"debate":{"debated_on":null,"transcript_url":"","video_url":"","debate_pack_url":"","overview":"The Committee decided not to schedule a debate on this petition because the UK has now left the European Union.","public_engagement_url":null,"debate_summary_url":null},"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":254329,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/254329.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Leave the EU with No Deal in October 2019\r\n","background":"Brexit is in chaos. Leave won in 2016 that should be honoured. In the 2016 debates, both sides stated this meant leaving the European Union, Customs Union, Single Market and European Court of Justice. ","additional_details":"This petition is for the government to commit to leave with No Deal but defer the leave date so as to leave in an orderly fashion.\r\n \r\nAfter six months in October 2019 we leave, no deals, no if's, no but's, no delays. We adopt all law as our own and we trade under World Trade Organisation rules.\r\n \r\nWe are then free to build a future relationship from this position without any time constraints, on an equal basis without one side holding all the cards. Our future relationship with the world would be for the government of the day to decide, as it does on all other international issues.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":207673,"created_at":"2019-04-01T21:00:02.304Z","updated_at":"2020-03-06T11:38:02.059Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2019-05-03T09:53:36.003Z","closed_at":"2019-11-03T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2019-04-01T21:24:45.089Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2019-08-28T19:36:22.000Z","government_response_at":"2019-09-24T10:24:17.167Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":"2019-09-05T16:02:42.000Z","debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":"2020-03-06T11:37:48.645Z","rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2019-09-24","summary":"The Prime Minister has been clear: we will leave the EU on 31 October. We’d prefer to do so with a deal, but if there isn’t movement from the EU on the backstop we will have to leave without one.","details":"The Prime Minister has said that the UK will be leaving the EU on 31 October. The Government must respect the referendum result. We would prefer to leave with a deal and we will work in an energetic and determined way to get that better deal. The Government is committed to preparing for this outcome.\n\nThe Government is undertaking preparations to ensure that the UK and the public are fully ready for Brexit. All necessary funding has now been made available.\n\nThe Government has launched the single largest public information campaign, “Get Ready for Brexit”. As part of the campaign, the Government has also launched an online checker tool (Gov.uk/brexit) to identify actions that businesses and citizens can take to prepare. Prior to this, the Government published approximately 750 pieces of communications on No Deal since August 2018, including over 100 technical notices explaining to businesses and citizens what they need to do to prepare. Meanwhile, the Government has laid over 600 Brexit Statutory Instruments and Border Force has increased its headcount by around 900 officers between March 2018 and March 2019. The Government is also undertaking steps to secure additional freight capacity and has worked on preparations with suppliers and partners, meaning that our plans should ensure the supply of critical goods, including medicines and medical products, remain uninterrupted.\n\nPreparations are being made by the Government to ensure we are ready by pursuing international agreements, including signing bilateral voting rights agreements with Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg and approaching all other Member States for similar agreements. The Government has reached trade agreements with partners worth around £90 billion of current trade, secured air services agreements with countries like Canada and the US permitting passenger flights and has ensured that all agreements required to enable continuity in civil nuclear trade are in place - including with Japan, Canada, US, Australia and the International Atomic Energy Agency.\n\nHowever we leave the EU, the Government’s ambition is for a comprehensive, ambitious future partnership based on a best in class FTA. It will be a relationship based on international law, not EU law. It will be a relationship where the UK would have left the Customs Union so we would have control of our own trade so that we can strike deals with other global partners; we will no longer have to make financial contributions to the EU budget; we will control our own migration policy through an Australian style points-based system; our own laws and courts will be supreme within the UK; and only our Parliament would have the power to set our taxes.\n\nThe Prime Minister remains absolutely focused on delivering on the vote of the British people by taking us out of the European Union on 31 October.\n\nCabinet Office.","created_at":"2019-09-24T10:24:17.165Z","updated_at":"2019-09-24T10:24:17.165Z"},"debate":{"debated_on":null,"transcript_url":"","video_url":"","debate_pack_url":"","overview":"The Committee decided not to schedule a debate on this petition because the UK has now left the European Union.","public_engagement_url":null,"debate_summary_url":null},"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":248281,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/248281.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Leave the EU Without a deal on April 12th.","background":"The Government are right when they say that exiting the EU is the \"will of the people\"\r\nDespite the best efforts of the political classes and media establishment the \"silent majority\" still wish to leave the EU. \r\nIf Mrs May's deal is rejected again we should leave the EU on April 12 with No deal.","additional_details":"","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":249530,"created_at":"2019-03-22T14:19:05.059Z","updated_at":"2020-03-06T11:37:07.052Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2019-03-28T18:57:35.639Z","closed_at":"2019-09-28T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2019-03-26T01:49:53.143Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2019-03-30T09:47:44.679Z","government_response_at":"2019-04-10T11:03:44.242Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":"2019-03-31T18:11:51.990Z","debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":"2020-03-06T11:36:52.308Z","rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2019-04-10","summary":"The Government stands by its commitment to uphold the result of the 2016 referendum. We continue to seek a consensus across the House, which will allow the UK to leave the EU with a deal in place.","details":"In 2016, this Government stated that it would honour the result of the referendum, whatever the outcome.\n\nDuring the 2016 referendum campaign, this Government wrote to every UK household to promise that it would implement the result of the referendum. With that commitment in mind, 17.4 million people then voted to leave the European Union, providing the biggest democratic mandate for any course of action ever directed at a UK Government.\n\nIt is now the responsibility of this Government to uphold that result.\n\nParliament has continuously rejected leaving without a deal. The Government continues to seek a consensus across the House to find a way through which allows the UK to leave in an orderly manner, with a deal in place.\n\nHowever, it remains the legal default that we will leave the EU without a deal on 12 April unless MPs can agree an alternative way forward and pass a withdrawal agreement.\n\nThe Government has been preparing for the contingency of a ‘no deal’ since 2016 and have accelerated no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality. Parliament has now bound the Government to seek an extension to Article 50, so the Government has proposed that the extension should be as short as possible, ending when we have passed and ratified a deal.\n\nThis Government maintains that leaving with a deal remains the best solution. The Prime Minister has committed to working with members across the House to ensure that the result of the referendum is upheld, and the UK leaves the EU in an orderly manner, without undue delay.\n\nDepartment for Exiting the European Union","created_at":"2019-04-10T11:03:44.240Z","updated_at":"2019-04-10T11:03:44.240Z"},"debate":{"debated_on":null,"transcript_url":"","video_url":"","debate_pack_url":"","overview":"The Committee decided not to schedule a debate on this petition because the UK has now left the European Union.","public_engagement_url":null,"debate_summary_url":null},"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":232698,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/232698.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"The UK should not agree the UN's Global Compact for Migration","background":"The UN's Intergovernmental Conference will be held in Marrakech, Morocco on 10 and 11 December 2018. Like Hungary, the UK should not sign.","additional_details":"","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":131617,"created_at":"2018-11-12T13:30:57.587Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:42:49.747Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2018-11-20T11:10:03.061Z","closed_at":"2019-05-20T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2018-11-12T20:02:35.389Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2018-11-24T18:24:49.116Z","government_response_at":"2018-12-07T17:27:21.192Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":"2018-12-05T16:47:17.114Z","debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":"2019-01-09T16:51:10.134Z","rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2018-12-07","summary":"The Global Compact for Migration will support global co-operation on migration without affecting the sovereignty of all countries to control their own borders.","details":"Uncontrolled migration erodes public confidence, damages economies, and places those on the move in situations of intense vulnerability. The UK is taking significant steps to tackle uncontrolled migration by:\n\n* Addressing the root causes of migration, through our targeted assistance for livelihoods, healthcare, education and economic development \n* Tackling modern slavery and organised immigration crime\n* Supporting enhanced border management\n* Providing critical humanitarian support and protection for vulnerable migrants, as well as offering voluntary return and vital reintegration support to those wishing to return home\n* Supporting refugees to stay in a first safe country through our humanitarian and development work in Africa, the Middle East and Asia\n\nThe Global Compact for Migration embeds these efforts within the global system, enhances cooperation between states, and sets out ways that countries may choose to deliver these objectives.\n\nThe Compact is not legally binding. It creates a framework to allow countries to work together to make global migration more beneficial for everyone.\n\nIt respects the sovereignty of all states to decide who enters their territory. It will not affect our ability to determine and implement our own migration policies, including in areas such as asylum, border controls and returns of illegal migrants.\n\nIt does not establish a ‘human right to migrate’ or create any new legal categories of migrant. It explicitly stresses that migrants are entitled to the same universal human rights as any human being, and that these are different to the legal protections available to refugees.\n\nToo many people, including vulnerable women and girls, are taking risky journeys to migrate through dangerous channels. The Compact will help us take important steps to keep migrants around the world safer and to protect the most vulnerable, by supporting international cooperation on the protection of migrants, in line with our obligations under international law. It outlines ways of preventing exploitation, and of combating the heinous crime of modern slavery.\n\nA key objective of the document is to support cooperation on reducing uncontrolled migration. It sets out the responsibility of countries of origin to ensure effective control of their borders, and to cooperate in accepting the return of their nationals when they no longer have the right to remain in another country. Furthermore, the text also calls on countries of origin to work with the international community to address the drivers of irregular migration, by creating economic opportunities for populations in source countries, and improving governance and respect for the rule of law.\n\nWhen migration is safe and regular, it can bring great prosperity. The Compact also sets out possible actions to harness the economic benefits of safer, regular migration, for example by reducing the costs of remittances that migrants send home. These can foster economic development in source countries, helping to address some of the causes of migration.\n\nThe Compact is the result of months of intergovernmental negotiations. Though it is legally non-binding and no country can be compelled to conform with its provisions, we are aware that a small number of countries have chosen not to endorse it. We respect this choice and note that countries will be able to endorse the Compact, or cooperate with other states on delivering its objectives, at any point in the future. \n\nDepartment for International Development","created_at":"2018-12-07T17:27:21.189Z","updated_at":"2018-12-07T17:27:21.189Z"},"debate":{"debated_on":null,"transcript_url":"","video_url":"","debate_pack_url":"","overview":"The Committee has decided not to schedule a debate on this petition because the UN Global Compact on Migration has already been agreed by the UK Government. The final text of the Compact was agreed by the UK Government in July last year. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly in December. You can find more about how the Compact was agreed in this House of Commons Library research note:\r\n \r\nhttp://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8459/CBP-8459.pdf \r\n \r\nThe Government says that the Compact is not legally binding and cannot compel the UK Government to change its own immigration policies. On 19th December 2018 the Government made an announcement on its future immigration policy with a statement in the House of Commons and questions from MPs. You can find out more about this debate, and watch the video or read a transcript, here. \r\n \r\nhttps://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2018/december/home-secretary-gives-statement-on-immigration-white-paper/\r\n","public_engagement_url":null,"debate_summary_url":null},"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":223013,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/223013.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"If England win the world cup, the Monday should be made a bank holiday for 2018","background":"We need this for all those supporting England as the next day will not be pleasant for all fans","additional_details":"","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":237396,"created_at":"2018-06-25T12:29:48.499Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:39:59.527Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2018-06-29T10:11:51.627Z","closed_at":"2018-12-29T23:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2018-06-25T12:59:27.661Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2018-07-09T12:32:13.799Z","government_response_at":"2018-07-19T16:49:56.208Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":"2018-07-10T11:00:28.827Z","debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":"2018-07-18T09:37:07.767Z","rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2018-07-19","summary":"The Government would like to congratulate the England team on its sterling performance in the World Cup.  The Government has no plans for a bank holiday. ","details":"The Government is committed to bringing people together in strong, united communities. We encourage and support people to have shared aspirations, values and experiences. Sporting events such as the World Cup contribute towards this objective. We regret however that we cannot agree to create new bank or public holidays to mark the success of sporting events.\n\nThe Government regularly receives requests for additional bank and public holidays to celebrate a variety of occasions.  However, the current pattern is well established and accepted. \n\nWhilst an additional bank holiday may benefit some communities and sectors, the cost to the economy of an additional bank holiday remains considerable.  The most recent estimate following an Impact Assessment for the additional holiday for the Diamond Jubilee is that a bank holiday (across the UK as a whole) costs employers around £1.2bn. \n\nWorkers in the UK are entitled to 28 days holiday each year.  Employers are under no legal obligation to grant time off for public holidays.  However, Government's policy is to encourage employers to respond flexibly and sympathetically to any requests for leave, bearing in mind business needs.  Acas provides detailed guidance about holiday entitlement on its website.\n\nDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","created_at":"2018-07-19T16:49:56.204Z","updated_at":"2018-07-19T16:49:56.204Z"},"debate":{"debated_on":null,"transcript_url":"","video_url":"","debate_pack_url":"","overview":"The Petitions Committee has decided not to schedule a debate on this petition.  \r\n\r\nGareth Southgate and the England team did a fantastic job, but sadly they didn’t win the World Cup. So there wouldn’t be much to gain from debating this petition.  \r\n\r\nMore than 200,000 people signed the petition in less than two weeks – it’s the biggest petition we have open at the moment. That’s a sign of the fantastic support from fans that the team enjoyed throughout the World Cup.  \r\n\r\nYou can start and sign petitions about the issues that matter to you at petition.parliament.uk","public_engagement_url":null,"debate_summary_url":null},"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":208776,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/208776.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Abolish the subsidy on food and drink in the Palace of Westminster restaurants.","background":"In 2016, the food subsidy in Parliament cost taxpayers around £3.7 million. This use of taxpayers’ money must stop and the funds diverted to public services where it is needed. MPs earn significant wages and citizens who themselves struggle to buy food should not be forced to help feed MPs as well.","additional_details":"","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":107176,"created_at":"2018-01-03T11:27:05.960Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:35:47.147Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2018-02-12T11:15:39.279Z","closed_at":"2018-08-12T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2018-01-03T14:15:55.109Z","response_threshold_reached_at":"2018-03-15T15:52:48.521Z","government_response_at":"2018-04-06T14:28:16.101Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":"2018-04-02T15:46:13.666Z","debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":"2018-04-18T13:04:52.370Z","rejection":null,"government_response":{"responded_on":"2018-04-06","summary":"Responsibility for catering in the House of Commons is a\r\nmatter for the House of Commons Commission, not for the Government. The House of Commons Commission is working to reduce catering costs.","details":"Decisions relating to the budget for, and charges within, the House of Commons Catering Services are matters for which the House of Commons have overall responsibility, and not the Government. \n\nThe House of Commons Authorities have outlined that catering services for the House of Commons are provided by an in-house team who do not provide a subsidised service, though the cost of running the service means that it runs at a loss. It is important to note that while in some venues the cost of providing the service exceeds the income received in sales, other venues in the Commons make a profit which contributes to reducing overall costs. As shown in their transparency publication\n( https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/transparency-publications/hoc-transparency-publications/catering-services/transparency-reporting-catering-services/) these costs have fallen considerably over the last two Parliaments and have halved since 2010.\n\nCustomers of the House of Commons Catering Services include some of the 650 MPs but also around 14,500 other pass-holders, many of whom are staff on lower wages that work irregular hours. In addition, members of the public and non pass\nholding visitors to Parliament also have access to these services. The irregular hours and the unpredictability of Parliamentary business contribute to increasing the net\ncost of providing a catering service. To offset this many of the restaurants, dining room facilities and their staff, are used to cater for private events at times when they are not required by the House. This is one of a number of measures used to reduce\ncosts.\n\nAlthough the responsibility for the catering service is that of the House of Commons, and not the Government, the Leader of the House of Commons is personally committed to keeping these costs as low as possible.\n\nLeader of the House","created_at":"2018-04-06T14:28:16.097Z","updated_at":"2018-04-06T14:28:16.097Z"},"debate":{"debated_on":null,"transcript_url":"","video_url":"","debate_pack_url":"","overview":"The Committee has made the following statement on its decision:\r\n\r\n“The Petitions Committee has decided not to schedule a debate on this petition. \r\n \r\nThis is because the petition is based on a misunderstanding. It argues that the cost of food and drink in Parliament should be higher, because MPs are well paid.  \r\n \r\nIt’s not only MPs who can buy food and drink in the House of Commons. Catering services are also available to everyone else who works in the House of Commons, including staff who earn lower wages and work irregular hours. Some outlets are also available to visitors and members of the public. MPs make up only a very small proportion of the people who can buy food and drink in Parliament. \r\n \r\nYou can find out more about the cost of catering in the House of Commons here:\r\n \r\nhttps://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/transparency-publications/hoc-transparency-publications/catering-services/transparency-reporting-catering-services/”\r\n\r\n","public_engagement_url":null,"debate_summary_url":null},"departments":[],"topics":[]}}]}