Petitions

Every petition currently open to sign on Parliament’s own e-petitions site, sorted by most-signed first — the same petitions you’d find on petition.parliament.uk, just with the two numbers that actually matter put up front instead of buried in small print.

The two real thresholds. Any UK resident or British citizen can create or sign a petition to the UK Government and Parliament. At 10,000 signatures, the government is required to publish a written response. At 100,000 signatures, the petition becomes eligible for a debate in the House of Commons — eligible, not guaranteed: the Petitions Committee still decides whether and when to schedule it, and can also schedule a debate below that number in some cases. Crossing a threshold is not the same as a response or a debate having actually happened yet — the badges below show both separately.
Only currently open petitions are shown — a petition that’s closed, been rejected, or been debated and archived won’t appear here even though it’s still on Parliament’s own site. Signature counts move constantly on popular petitions; this reflects whenever petitions.py last ran, not the live count at petition.parliament.uk.
2,326
Open petitions
80
Past 10,000 signatures
7
Past 100,000 signatures
62
Actually responded to
3
Actually debated

Open petitions

2,326 open petitions on file.

Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

212,691Signatures

Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respond100,000+ signatures — qualifies for a debateGovernment has respondedDebated in the Commons
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · closes 2026-10-01 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance

136,916Signatures

We believe school fines & prosecutions do not help to improve school attendance. They are a blunt, ineffective tool & they do not tackle the root cause of attendance difficulties. I'm proposing the law is changed to ban…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respond100,000+ signatures — qualifies for a debateGovernment has responded
Department for Education · closes 2026-09-24 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

124,394Signatures

The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing on the scale of…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respond100,000+ signatures — qualifies for a debateGovernment has responded
Home Office · closes 2026-11-20 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth

113,224Signatures

The law must change so intended parents in surrogacy arrangements are recognised as their child’s legal parents from birth. Families should not have to go through months of court proceedings and social worker visits to…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respond100,000+ signatures — qualifies for a debateGovernment has respondedDebated in the Commons
Department of Health and Social Care · closes 2026-10-10 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills

111,070Signatures

Apply energy intensive industry relief (Supercharger scheme) to the ceramics industry to help cut soaring industrial energy costs & support ceramics businesses, which are at the risk of imminent collapse without urgent…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respond100,000+ signatures — qualifies for a debateGovernment has respondedDebated in the Commons
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · closes 2026-10-17 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases

105,617Signatures

I want the Government to introduce legislation so that defendants charged with controlling or coercive behaviour cannot receive a sentencing reduction for a guilty plea entered after initially pleading not guilty. This…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respond100,000+ signatures — qualifies for a debateGovernment has responded
Ministry of Justice · closes 2026-10-21 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Fund NHS access to Omaveloxolone for patients with Friedreich's Ataxia

103,285Signatures

We call on the Government to fund NHS access to Omaveloxolone in the UK. We believe the drug should also be considered under the HST programme, which we feel is the only appraisal route which reflects the realities of…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respond100,000+ signatures — qualifies for a debateGovernment has responded
Department of Health and Social Care · closes 2026-09-24 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Raise the personal tax allowance to £18,000

78,982Signatures

Since 2021 personal tax allowance has been frozen at £12,570. This freeze was due to expire this year but the Chancellor of the Exchequer has extended it to 2031. We want to keep some more of our own money.

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
HM Treasury · closes 2026-09-30 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK

71,289Signatures

We call on the Government to launch a full-scale public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK. The inquiry should investigate the effectiveness of UK border control, the financial cost on taxpayers, and the…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
Home Office · closes 2027-01-15 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately

70,953Signatures

We call on the Government to stop the fortification of flour with synthetic folic acid. Folic acid is a medicine not a food. We believe it is unethical to mass medicate the entire population without their knowledge or…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
Department of Health and Social Care · closes 2026-12-08 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Protect legal right to support for children with SEND

68,257Signatures

I believe that the Government’s proposed SEND reforms could limit EHCPs, weaken legal rights, replace individual plans with packages, reduce appeals, and remove school choice. In my view, children could be left without…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
Department for Education · closes 2026-10-14 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Ban non-stun & recoverable stun slaughter of animals

59,520Signatures

Religious slaughter may require the animal to be slaughtered whilst alive, which is in line with their religious beliefs. In relation to this, stunning needs to be recoverable. Normal slaughter uses a bolt gun that…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · closes 2026-09-30 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Add gynaecological conditions e.g. Endometriosis to Equality Act 2010 Guidance

57,446Signatures

We call on the UK government to include gynaecological conditions such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, fibroids, PCOS, PMDD, menopause & menstrual disorders as “impairments with fluctuating or recurring effects” in the…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
Cabinet Office · closes 2026-09-27 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals

54,852Signatures

We want the UK Government to create a national support scheme to provide lifelong veterinary care and financial assistance for retired service animals, including police dogs, military dogs, and police horses.

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · closes 2026-12-12 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence

53,675Signatures

Introduce legislation in England to make it a specific, standalone criminal offence to intentionally or recklessly use, discharge or attempt to discharge a catapult or slingshot at or towards any animal.

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · closes 2027-02-20 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU

47,477Signatures

We urge the government to review the regulations for new sewage treatment infrastructure and introduce new legislation to ensure high international standards are met; to safeguard people’s health, better protect all…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · closes 2026-11-01 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants

39,562Signatures

Up Teaching Assistants' pay to a minimum of £20,000 a year (term time) to reflect the amount of work they do. It's not just displays and marking. It's challenging behaviour, teaching, marking, first aid, displays,…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
Department for Education · closes 2026-12-08 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after

38,457Signatures

We believe mothers should never be forced back to work because maternity leave is unaffordable. UK SMP is among Europe’s least generous, falling to around 41% of minimum wage after 6 weeks. The Government should fix…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respond
Department for Work and Pensions · closes 2027-03-14 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements

34,658Signatures

Publish evidence & methodology for the 2026 visa brake, review the country and route list, and create transitional arrangements for applicants with confirmed university offers, scholarships, sponsored specialist roles,…

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
Home Office · closes 2026-10-13 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →

Require public bodies to achieve unqualified audit opinion before raising taxes

30,590Signatures

Require public bodies whose accounts cannot be certified with an unqualified opinion by auditors to be banned from increasing taxes or receiving a larger budget the following year.

10,000+ signatures — gov must respondGovernment has responded
HM Treasury · closes 2027-02-12 View & sign on petition.parliament.uk →
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