Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/list/open?sort=signers
New Petitions'...rethink plans to scrap the Employer Supported Childcare scheme (childcare vouchers)' -- Mrs Dee Atkin
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/keepvouchers/
Gordon Brown today announced plans to scrap the childcare voucher scheme,...'...reconsider the decision to remove British Forces Post Offices from mainland europe.' -- Mrs Debra Stevens
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SaveBFPO/
Armed Forces have been advised that the BFPO facilities in mainland europe...'...Stop the Planned March on Wootton Bassett by Islam4UK or any Similar Group' -- Miss Amanda Castle
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/RespectWBassett/
The town of Wootton Bassett silently shows it respect for the UK's fallen...'...Remove the current employment provisions set out in Schedule 9, Paragraph 2, subsection 8 of the Equality Bill (the occupational requirements relating to sex, marriage and sexual orientation for the purposes of organised religion). These restrict the rights of religious bodies to employ personnel who conform to their teachings only if their duties are confined to worship activities or the explanation of doctrine.' -- david skinnner
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/harryhammond/
As people from all walks of life, political parties, professions and...'...abolish the proposed law that will see alleged illegal filesharers disconnected from their broadband connections, without a fair trial' -- Andrew Heaney
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/dontdisconnectus/
This petition has been set up in response to the Government’s proposal to...'...protect our canals by not selling off property owned by British waterways' -- Ian Rees
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/protectourcanals/
Further to recent announcements concerning the potential sell-off of...'...submit a change in the law regarding reciprocal childcare' -- Nicola Davies
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/reciprocalcc/
Imagine this: Two women from the same company give birth at similar times....'...demand that the Financial Services Compensation Scheme reimburses The Christie hospital with the £6.5 million lost in the Icelandic banking collapse.' -- Mark Richardson
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/TheChristie/
MANCHESTER'S world-famous cancer hospital, The Christie, will not get back £...'...Fuel duty reduction, now VAT has increased to 17.5%, please deduct the duty which was levied when vat was reduced to 15%.' -- David Powell
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/DutyReduction/
When vat was reduced to 15% in January '09 your chancellor levied an extra...'...pressure the treasury to honour its previous promise that student loans taken out after '98 will follow inflation' -- Miss Olivia Vanbergen
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Loansofstudents/
The treasury has yesterday announced that as of September forward, student...'...scrap the plans to tax phone lines to subsidise other peoples broadband' -- Tony Humphreys
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/scrap50pphonetax/
I request that the Government scraps any plans to add 50p a month tax to...'...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
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/livemusicevents/
Under the Licensing Act, a performance by one musician in a bar, restaurant...'...reconsider its intention to more than double Airline Passenger Duty (APD) in 2010' -- Neil McCawley
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/APDIncrease/
APD will increase by up to 112% in November 201.At a time when the airline...'...rethink the Government’s plans to place an additional charge on horse owners in order to pay for a new animal health body, on the grounds that any such move would complicate the process of responding to animal disease outbreaks without offering clear benefits to those who breed, ride and care for horses or delivering value for money to taxpayers. We call on the Government to work with all sections of the equine community – including owners, breeders and equine veterinarians – to find a fair alternative solution to managing animal disease.' -- Jonathan Ware
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Horse-Rethink/
The Government’s plans would impose an unfair and arbitrary financial burden...'...Ensure that the Battle of Birtain Memorial Flight is not axed in any defence cuts' -- Clive Handy
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BBMFCuts/
It has been suggested that the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF)...'...Reinstate the Reciprocal Health Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man' -- Alexander Norori-McCormac
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/HealthcareIOMUK/
Just like the Channel Islands will have to from April 1st 2009, from April...'...retain the law that makes it a criminal offence to assist another person to commit suicide' -- Anthony Bennett
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/notolegalsuicide/
The law currently makes it a criminal offence to assist another person to...'...establish a centralised opt-in system for receiving phonebooks' -- Mr Neil Watts
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/NoPhonebooks/
75 million phonebooks are produced and delivered each year, amounting to an...'...Seek Royal Patronage for Wootten Bassett in gratitude for its respect to HM Forces' -- Mr Ryan Jones-Ralph
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Wootten/
Given that the people of Wootten Bassett have regulary performed the duties...'...allow all Gurkhas who have fought for our country and their families the right to stay in the U.K. regardless of when they served in the Army.' -- lucy hodgins
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/justice4gurkhas/
For over 200 years the Gurkhas have served our country and helped keep us...'...stop the increases in motorcycle tax proposed for 2010' -- Christopher Hodder
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/motorcycleved/
Given that the motorcycle industry is facing some of its darkest days with...'...encourage government departments to upgrade away from Internet Explorer 6' -- Dan Frydman
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ie6upgrade/
The German and French governments have started to encourage people to...'...Retract the Knighthood offered to Teddy Kennedy' -- Stephen Clements
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Kennedy-Ted/
Once apon a time it was necessary to add value to the country and protect...'...end the franchise agreement with First Capital Connect' -- Livia Murphy
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/FirstCC/
The ongoing disruption to the First Capital Connect service travelling into...'...uphold that parents have the primary responsibility for the upbringing and development of their child, to not undermine parents legitimately fulfilling their fundamental duties, and to assume that the best interests of their child is the basic concern of parents unless there is specific evidence to the contrary.' -- Jill Harris
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Home-ed-families/
In particular, the government should ensure :- • No right of access to the...'...deny scots gun law' -- Scott Lamb
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ScottishGunBan/
The Calman Report recommends that The Scottish Parliament should be handed...'...lower the age for cervical smear testing to be available for women from 25yrs to age 20yrs' -- Carmel Woodhouse
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/lowersmeartests/
The NHS say cervical cancer is rare in women under 20, mainly because...'...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).' -- Mrs Jay Wilkinson
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/VandAchange/
The V & A are intending to place in long-term storage its collection of...'...Save LDV - Save Jobs in UK and the Environment' -- andrew taylor
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SaveLDV/
Struggling van-maker LDV has asked the government for millions of pounds in...'...Stop degrading our soldiers by handing out medals to MP's' -- Stacey Hobin
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/notompmedals/
MP's do not deserve medals for just visiting Afghan or Iraq. If they want a...'...believe the Government should urgently take action on behalf of all football supporters to prevent Manchester United Football Club (and other English football clubs) being destroyed by corporate greed' -- Andrew Henderson
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/football4fans/
Football should belong first and foremost to the fans. We have done and...'...change the UK quarantine laws to exempt search and rescue dogs which have done life saving work overseas.' -- Chloe Rowling
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/FreeDarcy/
Darcy, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service’s search and rescue dog, will...'...Overturn the ruling, A motorcyclist at the head of a group of riders will face stiffer penalties for speeding under a crown court ruling.' -- Mr Steve Charlton
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Lead-Biker-Fined/
The ruling, A motorcyclist at the head of a group of riders will face...'...Abandon plans to amend copyright protection for photographers which effectively amount to nationalisation of photography' -- Darren Hector
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/copyrightreform/
We call on the Government to abandon plans, announced on 29 October 2009, to...'...declare the UK’s opposition to the Goldstone Report and to ensure its rejection when a vote is taken in the UN Human Rights Council in March 2010. We believe that the Report was biased against Israel from the announcement of the UN mission’s mandate. This was compounded by its composition, by the selectivity of the incidents it investigated, by the witnesses it interviewed and by its almost complete failure to refer to terrorism and to the defensive context of Israel’s operation in Gaza in January 2009.' -- Jonathan Hoffman
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/NoToGoldstone/
The mandate was completely one-sided. Mission member Christine Chinkin...'...NOT offer a peerage to Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor' -- Richard West
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/nocormacpeerage/
It is reported that the Government is considering bestowing a peerage on...'...introduce a window scrappage scheme in the UK to improve the energy efficiency of the existing housing stock' -- Nr Nigel Rees
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/windowscrappage/
This scheme would allow householders and landlords to scrap their old poorly...'...reinstate the compulsory teaching of modern foreign languages up to the age of 16.' -- Andrew Coombe
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/TeachLanguages/
The government dropped the requirement to teach foreign languages to all...'...implement a fairer education funding formula that recognises every child matters equally and ends the postcode lottery of education funding in this country, so that every child receives the same opportunity and quality of education wherever they live.' -- Peter Doyle
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/handsup4schools/
This petition has been posted by Hands Up for Fairer School Funding, a...'...end child immigration detention.' -- Esme Madill
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/NoChildDetention/
In the UK we routinely detain the children of asylum seekers in removal...'...launch an independent commission to investigate the impact of an assisted dying for the terminally ill law and to guarantee enough parliamentary time to debate, and if necessary, act upon, the findings.' -- Austin Wilde
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Assisted-dying/
A vocal minority of anti-choice campaigners argue that assisted dying...'...introduce driving ban and phone confiscation, if not car confiscation, for drivers caught using/holding mobile phone - potentially lethal weapon' -- Allan Ramsay/Brian Tadman
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/mobilemenaceban/
It’s long been recognised that motor vehicles are potentially lethal weapons...'...To Amend the 2003 criminal Justice sexual offences bill retrospectively' -- simon white
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Campaign2Justice/
We wish for an amendment in the law stating that if the offender admits...'...To make CCSVI procedure available in the UK.' -- Colm McLaughlin
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/CCSVINOW/
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND THE ZAMBONI PROCEDURE New research conducted by Dr...'...stop the charging of community events for the cost of the policing' -- Andrew Osborne
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/communityevents/
Under recent ACPO guidance (“Guidance on charging for police services” ACPO...'...suspend the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia from preparation of any Government Climate Statistics until the various allegations have been fully investigated by an independent body.' -- Mike Haseler
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/UEACRU/
The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia is a “leading...'...intervene to reverse the Land Registry's decision to cut 1,500 staff and close at least five offices and subject Land Registry to outsourcing' -- Chris Carrée
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Landregistrycuts/
Land Registry (LR) have announced plans to close offices in Croydon,...'...to agree that the vacant plinth in Trafalgar Square should be allocated permanently and dedicated to a statue or other appropriate work of art to honour and commemorate the services given and sacrifices made by our brave Armed Forces in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.' -- Martin Cakebread
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/TributeToForces/
We, the United Kingdom National Defence Association, call upon the Prime...'...Repeal Section 110 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 and replace it with legislation that protects the individual from arrest unless specifically sanctioned under specific legislation relating to a specific serious offence punishable with imprisonment.' -- David E M Gilbertson QPM
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/PowersofArrest/
Section 110 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 was enacted...'...allocate funds for academic research solely on the basis of academic excellence and not on the basis of 'impact' or the judgements of 'users'.' -- James Ladyman
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/REFandimpact/
We request the reversal of the Research Councils and HEFCE policy to direct...