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Petitions had to stop because of the recent general election. Once a new Petitions Committee is set up by the House of Commons, petitions will start again.
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Other lists of petitions
Closed petitions
80 petitions
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Make it illegal for employers to have different dress codes for men and women
149 signatures
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Broaden the GCSE & A-Level English curriculum to include more BAME authors
146 signatures
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Make the history curriculum for secondary schools more inclusive of BAME history
113 signatures
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Review and reform stop and search policy
107 signatures
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Create a Race Equality Action Plan for England
103 signatures
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Establish a National Museum of Slavery & British Imperialism in London
95 signatures
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Conduct and publish an independent review into race relations with the Police
88 signatures
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Create more curriculum around diversity and inclusion within secondary schools.
77 signatures
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Make the teaching of Black history compulsory in primary and secondary schools.
73 signatures
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Require all companies to remove personal information during application process
71 signatures
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Hold a public inquiry into antisemitism in UK politics
66 signatures
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Create a Legacy of Slavery Commission, to review all UK civic memorials
66 signatures
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Funded and sustainable mental health support networks for BAME communities.
65 signatures
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Increase the sentence for Racist Hate Crime from 6 months to minimum 5 years
64 signatures
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Harsher penalties for hate crimes & participating in far-right hate groups
63 signatures
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Mandatory education and guidance on ethnic hair
61 signatures
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Extend pay gap reporting to smaller organisations and other characteristics
59 signatures
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Make racist abuse a specific criminal offence
57 signatures
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Compulsory psychological exams and racial bias training for the UK Police Force
56 signatures
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Have a person in all education institutions responsible for dealing with racism
55 signatures
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Change Government guidance on listing ethnic groups to be more inclusive
52 signatures
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Introduce a 6 month deadline to settle Windrush Compensation Scheme claims
47 signatures
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Implement unconscious bias training in the national school curriculum
42 signatures
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Open a National Museum dedicated to British BAME history
41 signatures
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No more charter flight deportations to Jamaica and other Commonwealth countries
35 signatures
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Create a register of people guilty of race-related offences
35 signatures
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Provide a "Refuse to Answer" option for race and ethnicity in the 2021 Census.
33 signatures
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Reintroduce the Best Use of Stop and Search Scheme (BUSSS) for all Police Forces
23 signatures
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Increase sentences for all hate crimes
21 signatures
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Fund an anti-racism in sport campaign and increase sentences
16 signatures