| We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to… |
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| create a new public holiday, the National Remembrance Holiday to commemorate The Fallen and our Nation, with the holiday falling on the second Monday in November each year, the day after Remembrance Sunday. (with responses) | Robert Warner | 18 April 2008 | 531400 |
| Allow the Red Arrows to Fly at the 2012 Olympics (with responses) | Mark Standley | 17 September 2008 | 502625 |
| Posthumously award Bob Paisley a knighthood (with response) | Ian Little | 13 March 2007 | 45362 |
| request that the football league remove the 15-point deduction from Leeds United AFC | Simon Lee Jackson | 6 May 2008 | 35692 |
| Reduce the legal age for buying alcohol to 16 (with response) | Pavan | 30 March 2008 | 18292 |
| stop criminalising live music with the Licensing Act, and to support amendments backed by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, and the music industry, which would exempt most small-scale performances in schools, hospitals, restaurants and licensed premises. | Phil Little | 6 June 2010 | 16949 |
| Show support that the English people be allowed to celebrate their patron saints day,St George's Day each 23rd of April with a Bank Holiday. (with response) | Julia Howemen | 19 January 2008 | 14191 |
| ensure there is a Lasting Legacy for Shooting Sports in the UK by moving the venue away from the Woolwich Barracks. | Mrs Nicola Heron | 18 December 2008 | 11767 |
| ask the Sports Minister, RH Richard Caborn MP, to intervene with the Football Association after my football club was "unfairly" docked points and thrown out of the FA Trophy, following a technical administrative error. (with response) | Russell Smith | 3 September 2007 | 10382 |
| halt the selling off of radio spectrum used for PMSE until a suitable alternative is found (with response) | Jamie Robinson | 19 June 2007 | 9575 |
| exempt shisha and hookah cafes from the smoking ban in England & Wales that will be coming into force in July 2007. (with response) | Hussein Jajbhay | 29 June 2007 | 9566 |
| Encourage Birmingham City Council to help fund and build a new Stadium and sports development for the city of Birmingham. (with response) | Birmingham City FC | 25 September 2007 | 9425 |
| ask the BBC to retain its current levels of horseracing coverage, as befits a public service broadcaster, and to reinstate the 15 days that it currently proposes to scrap from 2010 (with response) | Pippa Cuckson | 2 July 2009 | 9369 |
| Change the law to permit our target pistol shooters to prepare properly for international and Olympic competitions. (with response) | Richard V Malbon | 20 November 2007 | 8721 |
| resist the ban on outside drinking and maintain the liberal culture of Soho (with response) | Alan Drew | 12 November 2008 | 7890 |
| pass legislation to give canoeists and all other users of un-powered craft the free right to navigate all rivers and canals in England and Wales (similar to the right already enjoyed by cyclists to use bridleways, cycle tracks and roads). (with response) | Roger L. Revell | 3 January 2008 | 7820 |
| Extend the London Underground to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (with response) | Chris Moore | 6 August 2007 | 7751 |
| replace the national anthem with 'Gold' by Spandau Ballet | David Kitchen | 15 May 2007 | 6785 |
| Ban 'puppy farms' and the sale of puppies through third party premises (with response) | Becky Smith | 30 January 2008 | 6777 |
| Give VAT exemptions to the Mountain Rescue Service on all of their spending (with response) | Richard Glazzard | 6 May 2009 | 6541 |
| Save our Motor racing circuits (with response) | Adrian Retallack | 3 April 2009 | 6270 |
| support the industry by joining the growing band of people who have no confidence in The Arts Council (with response) | Tammy Jones | 31 March 2008 | 6014 |
| make urgent representation to the Broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, the broadcasting institutions operating in the UK and film regulators, asking them to stop the use of unnecessary swearing and bad language in their productions (including those available for downloading from websites) and to urge providers of user-generated content to take similar action. (with response) | John Beyer | 20 May 2009 | 5913 |
| clarify the laws surrounding photography in public places. (with response) | Adam Jones | 13 September 2008 | 5794 |
| scrap plans for an additional horse tax. (with response) | miss natalie marks | 9 December 2009 | 5677 |
| ensure that all members of the public have continued, free and open access to the complete historic and valuable musical instrument collection entrusted over generations to the Victoria and Albert Museum, and currently exhibited in Room 40 (Jan 2010). (with response) | Mrs Jay Wilkinson | 6 June 2010 | 5312 |
| ensure that UK children have access to a wider range of high quality, UK-made public service kids' television programmes that reflect the rich diversity of UK culture (with response) | Adam Minns | 3 October 2008 | 5252 |
| Give Mr Bruce Forsyth a Knighthood. (with response) | Alfreda Pearson | 18 October 2008 | 4663 |
| step in and prevent the closure of Midlothian Snowsports Centre Hillend (formerly Hillend ski centre) (with response) | Mr Dave Morgan | 11 March 2010 | 4647 |
| Save the SouthBank! (with response) | Toby Shuall | 28 May 2008 | 4298 |
| Make St George's Day a public holiday in England. (with response) | Daryl Rook | 29 January 2009 | 4283 |
| include access for equestrians in all new access legislation, including the current proposals for access to the English Coast. (with response) | Janice Bridger | 23 March 2008 | 4269 |
| To take action against a proposal to charge for car parking in Richmond Park (with response) | Roger Bangay | 31 May 2009 | 3705 |
| meet with the FA and Premier League to draw up a rigorous "fit and proper person" test for football club ownership. (with response) | Tim Symonds | 26 November 2007 | 3655 |
| oppose calls by police to introduce blanket use of plastic glasses even in pubs and other licensed premises with no history of violence. We feel blanket bans on glass are unnecessary and will have a detrimental effect on the licensed trade and the drinking experience of the millions of law-abiding pub goers in well run establishments up and down the country. (with response) | Iain O'Neil | 16 April 2008 | 3599 |
| keep the National Football Museum in Preston (with response) | Lancashire Evening Post | 30 November 2009 | 3581 |
| ensure that the damage to Greenwich Park and the restrictions in access to the Park which will be caused by the Olympic 2012 equestrian events are reduced by moving at least the cross country events to a more suitable location (with response) | Michael Goldman | 30 May 2009 | 3545 |
| End the routine harassment of railway enthusiasts, especially those taking photographs, on security grounds and to replace the presumption of guilt implicit in the Association of Train Operating Companies/Network Rail/British Transport Police “Guidelines for Rail Enthusiasts” with an instruction to staff not to challenge individuals whose activities clearly constitute neither a threat to security nor the safe functioning of railway premises. (with response) | Richard Boyd | 4 June 2009 | 3446 |
| keep the Textile Conservation Centre open. (with response) | Mandy-Jane Patterson | 6 May 2008 | 3335 |
| create a new exception to copyright law that gives individuals the right to create a private copy of copyrighted materials for their own personal use, including back-ups, archiving and shifting format. (with response) | Suw Charman | 26 December 2006 | 3300 |
| do everything possible to prevent the proposed imminent scrapping of the historic paddle steamer Ryde in Binfield Marina in the Isle of Wight. (with response) | Paddle Steamer Ryde Trust | 2 March 2010 | 3116 |
| stop the proposed demolition of Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh to make way for residential housing. | Bill Walker | 14 March 2007 | 3057 |
| Restrict the powers of the BBFC with regard to the banning of videogames (with response) | Bradley Smith | 25 August 2007 | 3008 |
| Prohibit The Sale Of Fireworks To The Public (with response) | Paul V | 20 May 2007 | 2824 |
| Deny canoeists and users of un-powered craft the right to roam on English and Welsh rivers. (with response) | Richard Webb | 11 May 2007 | 2780 |
| Prevent Portsmouth City Council closing Southsea Skatepark in September 2007. (with response) | David James Poole | 30 September 2007 | 2771 |
| Award a Post Humous Knighthood to Jock Stein (with response) | Andrew Grieve | 10 June 2007 | 2740 |
| ensure adequate funding for those Olympic sports for which UK Sport has not so far confirmed details. (with response) | David Wicks | 16 February 2009 | 2684 |
| Bring back the use of pistols for all legal FAC holders. (with response) | Richard Bourne | 19 January 2008 | 2612 |
| Support our armed services by reinstating the Royal Tournament (with response) | D.SMITHERMAN | 10 March 2009 | 2533 |
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