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Listening to live ATC serves as an educational tool for student pilots, air traffic control trainees, hobbyists and could modernise the UK by supporting student pilots and aviation enthusiasts.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":44,"closing_date":"2027-04-21","created_at":"2026-09-27T16:30:49.817Z","updated_at":"2026-10-23T07:45:50.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-10-21T08:49:30.033Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-09-28T16:27:40.000Z","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,"creator_name":"Fatehveer Gill","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DBIST","name":"Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-and-trade"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":44}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Battersea","ons_code":"E14001081","mp":"Marsha De Cordova MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Beaconsfield","ons_code":"E14001082","mp":"Joy Morrissey MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Bracknell","ons_code":"E14001117","mp":"Peter Swallow MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brent East","ons_code":"E14001122","mp":"Dawn Butler MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brentwood and Ongar","ons_code":"E14001125","mp":"Alex Burghart MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Castle Point","ons_code":"E14001154","mp":"Rebecca Harris MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Clacton","ons_code":"E14001174","mp":"Nigel Farage MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dewsbury and Batley","ons_code":"E14001196","mp":"Iqbal Mohamed MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Earley and Woodley","ons_code":"E14001210","mp":"Yuan Yang MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Surrey","ons_code":"E14001215","mp":"Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ellesmere Port and Bromborough","ons_code":"E14001222","mp":"Justin Madders MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Farnham and Bordon","ons_code":"E14001234","mp":"Gregory Stafford MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Gosport","ons_code":"E14001252","mp":"Dame Caroline Dinenage MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hazel Grove","ons_code":"E14001277","mp":"Lisa Smart MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Isle of Wight West","ons_code":"E14001304","mp":"Richard Quigley MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Luton North","ons_code":"E14001345","mp":"Sarah Owen MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Norwich South","ons_code":"E14001409","mp":"Clive Lewis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Nottingham South","ons_code":"E14001412","mp":"Lilian Greenwood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Peckham","ons_code":"E14001421","mp":"Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Slough","ons_code":"E14001477","mp":"Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP","signature_count":10},{"name":"St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire","ons_code":"E14001512","mp":"Ian Sollom MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Staffordshire Moorlands","ons_code":"E14001514","mp":"Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stalybridge and Hyde","ons_code":"E14001515","mp":"Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Uxbridge and South Ruislip","ons_code":"E14001558","mp":"Danny Beales MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Windsor","ons_code":"E14001588","mp":"Jack Rankin MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Lagan Valley","ons_code":"N05000009","mp":"Sorcha Eastwood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Alloa and Grangemouth","ons_code":"S14000064","mp":"Brian Leishman MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Edinburgh South","ons_code":"S14000080","mp":"Rt Hon Ian Murray MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Falkirk","ons_code":"S14000083","mp":"Euan Stainbank MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Glasgow South","ons_code":"S14000087","mp":"Gordon McKee MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Glasgow West","ons_code":"S14000089","mp":"Patricia Ferguson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Pontypridd","ons_code":"W07000106","mp":"Alex Davies-Jones MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":3},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":1},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":1},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":7},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":4},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":20},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":1},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":5},{"name":"Northern Ireland","ons_code":"N","signature_count":1}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}