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The stadium cost about £30 million to build and is still being paid for.  This stadium could be used for much more than athletics and could pay its own way.  Only the Olympics venue in London is a better stadium.  I call on the government to prevent the closure of the stadium and invest in sport in Sheffield.  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For all new immigrants into the country a set amount of community work (as well as the testing process) would apply over several years after which citizenship would be acquired.  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It is  embarrassing to our Country that these heroes are honoured and appreciated in, for example, France where the mission was carried out.\r\n\"Lest we forget\" ?  the likelihood is that we will forget before the French do.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-01-30T12:28:08.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:53.053Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:37:35.025Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-01-30T12:28:08.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"honours","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":28714,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/28714.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Discrimination against non-drivers","background":null,"additional_details":"People who are unemployed are frequently turned down for employment because they don't drive, even though driving is not a qualification required for the employment contract.\r\nWe wish the government to put pressure on businesses and employers to stop this unjust discrimination.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-01-31T09:11:53.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:53.234Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:37:35.572Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-01-31T09:11:53.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":55277,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/55277.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Bring back Noels house party","background":null,"additional_details":"The reason behind this is because reality TV can't match this. 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To allow these people to continue breeding means that our taxpayer pounds will be ENTIRELY wasted because allowing them to continue breeding will merely increase the size of the cohort and the amount of taxpayer pounds to be spent on trying to sort them out - which is NEVER going to work if they keep on breeding.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-09-26T22:05:04.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:24.677Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:42:29.620Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-09-26T22:05:04.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":55307,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/55307.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Save Sunderland's libraries","background":null,"additional_details":"A recent campaign in Sunderland called 'Hands off our libraries' has posted an image of a child crying at the closure of his local library.  This has prompted me to start this petition.\r\n\r\nThe local council is not to blame as it has to make massive cuts.  The library closures are a direct result of cuts from central government and this petition asks that Sunderland receive some funding back to save our children's education.\r\n\r\nAs a child I lived in a household with domestic violence and my head was always in a book.  Reading and regular visits to the library with my mother gave me respite from other issues at home.  The libraries are a lifeline to many people of all ages... Please sign this petition to help to save them.\r\n\r\nThank you.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-09-27T18:38:31.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:24.855Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:42:29.972Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-09-27T18:38:31.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":7359,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/7359.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Criminals Should Never Receive Benefits or Pension","background":null,"additional_details":"The UK is too soft on criminals. New laws should be passed to introduce a 'Benefits Blacklist', and it should be made clear to people that they irrevocably forego their entitlement to any state support if they commit certain crimes (the more types of crime on the list, the better). No tuition fee support, no JSA, no NHS, no benefits, no pension. 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MK has grid roads, which give us a pedestrian casualty rate far below the UK average, cleaner air as cars travel efficiently, and prosperity as working people can get in, out and across the city quickly. MK Partnership has, ever since 2005, ensured that, where they have authority, no grid roads have been created or extended, and that existing grid roads have been downgraded. If localism means anything, then MK Partnership must be abolished. They work contrary to the wishes of MK residents, ignore local transport policies, and go directly against the Core Strategy, which was published under the previous LibDem council and has now been confirmed by the current Conservative administration. 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We hope for real change not mere tokenism.\r\n\r\nIt would be considered a huge step towards equality in today's society and an even greater step towards civilisation, progress and redistribution of wealth because the way things are at the moment, really ought to be consigned to our history bin!","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-01-31T10:25:47.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:53.265Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:37:35.726Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-01-31T10:25:47.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":55313,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/55313.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Corruption in Developing Countries","background":null,"additional_details":"Corruption seems to be the root cause of under-development and many other problems in the developing countries. If the UK and other developed nations of the world and indeed the United Nations work on this root cause, there would be less need for foreign aids for these countries and there would be less crisis to resolve. It is worthwhile to set up a unit specifically to speak and work against this problem as it's done with the crimes on humanity. A coordinated European Union voice would also be an added advantage.\r\n\r\nThanks.\r\nAdekunle Adetoba\r\nCEO: Link Management Consultants Ltd. 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The Nation, including their own co-religionists, should not be exposed to the publication of the accused's twisted views, excuses and opinions, which are not in the public interest. 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The best way to spread the government is through Parliament. 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We demand  the right to our own parliament for which the people of England would have the right to vote for our own english representitives who would act on behalf of the people of England for our specific interests such as prescription costs, further education fees, the up holding of our culture and history and the right to be proud of our english heritage and community. We refuse to bank roll other nation states within the union at a detriment to the tax paying, law abiding and hard working people of England.\r\n.\r\n\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-04T12:45:05.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:26.218Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:32:37.632Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-04T12:45:05.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":7391,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/7391.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Revise University Tuition Fee Changes in 2012/2013","background":null,"additional_details":"As tuition fees that universities are allowed to charge will be increased to (up to) £9000 per annum in 2012/2013- up from £3375 the year earlier- I suggest the government considers reducing annual fees, or introducing them more gradually. 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I bring about this e-petition to raise awareness of this unfair and unthoughtful decision and for the Government to look at the evidence we have, support from neighbouring councils and a scrutiny group report, that are being ignored.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-09-28T00:07:15.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:24.905Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:42:30.186Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-09-28T00:07:15.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":55319,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/55319.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Should the government take legal action against the NUT and NASUWT to compensate for financial losses as a result of teacher strikes?","background":null,"additional_details":"Allowing teachers the right to strike has catastrophic consequences on our economy.  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I am, however, concerned that it is not afforded the respect and recognition it deserves.\r\n\r\nA change in name will not only celebrate but serve to encourage the GREAT behaviour that we expect during the Easter weekend.\r\n\r\nI call on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to support this. Your mission is to \"support the pursuit of excellence\" - this is my mission also. It is time we stepped up our game.\r\n\r\nGREAT Friday. 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Money to the taken after sale of home after family dependents reach 18 or after student studies.\r\n\r\nIf the family has no mortgage or assets then the UK tax payers stump the bill in the same way we pay for pensioners who also have no property and go into care.\r\n\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-01-31T22:56:58.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:53.430Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:37:36.163Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-01-31T22:56:58.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":28786,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/28786.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Striooing India of subsidies","background":null,"additional_details":"If India picks French fighter aircraft I think they should be stripped of the £280 million a years sudsidy.  The money could be better spent at home","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-02-01T13:56:05.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:53.521Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:37:36.418Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-02-01T13:56:05.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":28843,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/28843.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"HMG should facilitate UK’s best interests by discussing, arguing, appealing & repealing EU decisions/judgements in the EU Council of Ministers","background":null,"additional_details":"Keeping immigration in control, not agreeing to treaties dictated to by other governments, not giving foreign aid that is not in UK’s best interest are important functions of HMG. UK should not ‘shoot herself in the foot’. Rights/contracts given away to another states (like EU), if not renewed/negotiated from time to time by a sovereign state may be taken for granted to be permanent by stealthy ‘prescription’ (a Land Law concept). Grants of rights under EU treaties give the impression that they are there for perpetuity. Under Land Law, the right of private way (easements) over another's land may arise from prescription by twenty years of continuous use of a land by implied easement. 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Constitutional Law stresses that Westminster Parliament is supreme sovereign & cannot bind future Parliament. Westminster Parliament can legislate on any matter whatsoever (including retrospective legislation). Perhaps Human Rights Act, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights & the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees should be repealed & replaced with a British Bill of Rights. We did NOT have a referendum on the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty, which gave effect to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Article 2 of the Charter provides that “everyone has the right to life” The abolition of the death penalty is a key objective for the European Union’s human rights policy. Often illegal immigrants cannot be deported from UK as it was ruled contrary to Article 8 which provides him with 'a right to private and family life'. 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However to prevent bias it is important that strict rules for participation are applied. Inclusion of anyone and everyone at a debate does not seem a good way forward, nor is it fair to say how many parties should attend. An obvious solution to this, is to track the polls: If a party is polling an average of 10% or more ofthe national vote for atleast a 6month period they should be given a place in the 3 debates. It might also be worth having a 4th debate for those that gain over 5% of the vote (accross the region their party stands - be that the whole UK or a devolved nation for example), This solution neither gives a leg up for small parties, nor over represents larger parties: It is more proportional, reducing the effect of unintended media biases.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-02-01T19:05:20.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:53.588Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:37:36.616Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-02-01T19:05:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":7426,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/7426.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"EMA should be reinstated - NOW","background":null,"additional_details":"Taking EMA away from teenagers in low-income families is short-sighted at best and callous at worst. Only cocooned politicians could imagine this isn't going to hit the poorest families the hardest. EMA covers college-related outgoings for the whole year - books, tools, travel, food, incidental expenses - that poor families will struggle increasingly to afford. EMA is probably the best idea the Labour Government ever had - it supports poorer families unobtrusively and even-handedly whilst dually keeping teenagers focussed on actually getting their qualifications.   A re-think is needed in Westminster ~ EMA deserves to be reinstated.   NOW.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-09T00:57:56.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:44.188Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:33:38.994Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-09T00:57:56.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":55351,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/55351.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Tell Friends Of The Earth to stop using propaganda to scare people into thinking GM is wrong.","background":null,"additional_details":"Genetic Modification has found a way to create bio fuel, to obtain spiders' silk from sheep milk without harming either species. And more. The topic has been studied tested and considered in a morale light. Friends of the Earth are against GM as they see it as being 'against nature' and they are frightening the public who may not know the details by using propaganda. GM is nothing to be afraid of, it is being developed so that it can help humans, other species and the natural environment. Stop Friends of the Earth from putting a negative and incorrect light on it. 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The undersigned feel it should therefore be funded by its masters and not the public purse.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-09-29T20:40:16.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:25.040Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:42:30.630Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-09-29T20:40:16.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"A matter to take up with the BBC."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":1769,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/1769.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Allow under-taking on motorways (US-style)","background":null,"additional_details":"\r\nTo ease congestion, we should be allowed to undertake on motorways.\r\n\r\nAll too often, it is not the volume of traffic that causes congestion on our busiest roads, but incompetent drivers that do not move from the middle lane into the slow lane.  By adopting an undertake, as well as an overtake, option, this situation would improve.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-04T12:49:41.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:26.263Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:32:37.793Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-04T12:49:41.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":15667,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/15667.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"car tax to be payable monthly","background":null,"additional_details":"give us the option to pay car tax by monthly direct debit\r\nthese days when every thing is electronic the dvla know who is insured and who is not why not make life easy for us every day motorists who unless you are wealthy find the prospect for paying in one lump sum very difficult the government  do this in other areas why not car tax ? it may even cut down on un taxed cars but better still finding £24 a month is easier than finding £240 once a year ","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-09-01T09:53:56.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:11.251Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:35:16.193Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-09-01T09:53:56.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":28813,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/28813.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Stop schools from becoming academies and begin the process of converting existing academies back into Local Authority run schools","background":null,"additional_details":"Local Authorities whose council is voted in by the public should take responsibility for our children's schooling. Education should not be controlled by private companies who are not democratically accountable to parents, carers and the general public. One of the academies in the UK is run by a Spanish railway company. Organizations like this should have no place in our education system.  There is no evidence that academies achieve higher results than schools. Many academies have had to have their sponsor changed due to bad management and poor grades from school leavers. Numerous academies have even had their sponsor changed several times for this reason. Some academies which were once schools have been forced to close because the sponsor could not run the academy effectively. The government should place an immediate freeze on forcing and allowing schools to convert to academies and make provision for existing academies to return to school status under control of the Local Authority.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-02-01T19:23:18.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:53.605Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:37:36.678Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-02-01T19:23:18.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":55377,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/55377.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Stop Tom Winsor soiling the uniform","background":null,"additional_details":"The HMIC, Tom Winsor, was seen to wear a pseudo-police uniform to the National Police Memorial Day remembrance service. He has never held the office of Constable and is a career civil servant. This is an affront to anyone who has ever earned the right and worn the uniform of a Constable.\r\n\r\nHis department claim that it is not a police uniform, but the uniform of the HMIC. This role does to require a uniform. I call on the UK government to prevent him sullying the memory of those who have passed before, and those currently serving, by ordering him not to wear any item of uniform in his role as HMIC.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-09-30T09:22:58.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:25.079Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:42:30.768Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-09-30T09:22:58.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":55387,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/55387.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Pressure  Russia to extradite Anthony Perrett along with all UK citizens back to the UK","background":null,"additional_details":"Dear Prime Minister, please put pressure on Russia to extradite Anthony Perrett along with all UK citizens involved in the peaceful protest at the Russian oil platform back to the UK. It is unacceptable for these people to be held for potentially 15 years for a peaceful protest.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-09-30T13:03:30.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:25.112Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:42:30.873Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-09-30T13:03:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":28861,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/28861.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Disclosure Scotland / Criminal Records Bureau to offer a fast track application service for vetting (Like Fast Track passport applications)","background":null,"additional_details":"Employees / Contributors to organisations / businesses need to be vetted for criminal convictions etc. There are services such as Disclosure Scotland / Criminal Record Bureau that deal with applications .\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, the time for a application to be processed and to receive information can take up to two weeks. This causes problems when needing to find out information on someone quickly and efficiently.\r\n\r\nFor example, a ad hoc employment of a person to work with children might have to happen quickly. Therefore, an application to disclosure any convictions etc to see fit whether they can work for the organisation can take longer to process than the employment. This needs to happen quicker.\r\n\r\nI propose that a fast track service is offered to ensure that checks can take place as quickly as possible. 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There are clearly issues with this situation and this was highlighted in the BBC programme about the subject.\r\n\r\nI am a leeds season ticket holder, and for bates to lie to us for years saying he didnt know who the owners were, then all of a sudden under media pressure and FA rules, he all of a sudden admitted he owned the club. it surely needs to be looked at?","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-02-02T14:27:36.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:53.780Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:37:37.229Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-02-02T14:27:36.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"The regulation of football is a matter for the football authorities."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":71134,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/71134.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Hold a minute's silence before every school lesson for Stephen Lawrence","background":null,"additional_details":"Hold a minute's silence before every school lesson for Stephen Lawrence in all British schools.\r\n\r\nThe purpose is to raise awareness of racism.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2014-10-21T11:18:40.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:30:20.022Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:45:26.602Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-10-21T11:18:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":55417,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/55417.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"David Cameron to tell Sinitta to either get on with it or pack it in","background":null,"additional_details":"Sinitta is extremely distracting on Twitter at the moment. Showing a bit of gossip petticoat is all well and good, but we, the British public, demand she either gets on with it or stops immediately.\r\n\r\nIf she continues to dither around, we ask you - the prime minister, to put her in prison with nothing but a loop of Steve Brookstein singing \"Against All Odds\" on video.\r\n\r\nThanks","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-10-01T13:52:39.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:25.224Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:42:31.211Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-10-01T13:52:39.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":1772,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/1772.json"},"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Establish an English Parliament / Assembly to decide matters that only affect England","background":null,"additional_details":"I would like the government to establish an assembly or parliament which deals with England specific issues.\r\n\r\nReasons:\r\n- Why, in a democracy, should Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland have their own assemblies to manage country specific issues and England not?\r\n- Why should Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland be allowed to participate in England specific debates?\r\n\r\nI am not an advocate of breaking up the UK but we need consistency, currently the English are discriminated against in this \"marriage\" - when will the playing field be levelled and English people allowed to vote exclusively on England only matters?  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