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The birth place should not be destroyed but preserved for both Muslims and Non-Muslims around the world so that they have the opportunity to view the place where the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was born.\r\n\r\nPlease forward the petition to family and friends both Muslims and Non-Muslims so together we can stop this from happening.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2014-02-25T22:14:18.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:46.502Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:43:38.141Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-25T22:14:18.000Z","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":"irrelevant","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":22944,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/22944.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":"Keep the London 2012 Olympics logo OFF Edinburgh Castle","background":null,"additional_details":"Keep Edinburgh Castle Ramparts free of any logo's advertising the London 2012 Olympics","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-11-16T17:11:58.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:35.423Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:36:37.172Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-11-16T17:11:58.000Z","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":"irrelevant","details":"Any advertising on the Edinburgh Castle ramparts would ultimately be a matter for 'Historic Scotland', who manage the Castle.\r\n\r\nI should add that responsibility for all aspects of staging the Games, including advertising, is that of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) who are a private organisation operating independently of Government.\r\n\r\nLOCOG can be contacted by writing to: London 2012, One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LN; Tel: 0203 2012 000; or email: enquiries@london2012.com."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":36945,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/36945.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 taxpayers money being used to save a football club","background":null,"additional_details":"As outlined on the Portsmouth County Council website here:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/HomePage/news-and-communications_26307.html\r\n\r\n\"Portsmouth City Council today (Thursday 9 August) voted unanimously in an extraordinary council meeting to approve a loan of £1.45m to the Portsmouth Supporters’ Trust (PST), in support of their bid to purchase Portsmouth Football Club.\"\r\n\r\nI do not feel this is an appropriate use of taxpayers money.  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This should apply to the murderers of the Police, members of the Armed Forces also members of the Ambulance and Fire Service whilst carrying out their official duties.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2014-02-26T18:23:31.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:46.691Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:43:38.756Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-26T18:23:31.000Z","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":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":13913,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/13913.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":"Remove Gary Neville from Sky Sports","background":null,"additional_details":"I want the Government to tell Sky Sports it is just wrong to have this guy on impersonating an impartial pundit. 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ALLOW EX OWNERS TO VISIT AND BE GIVEN UPDATES FOR FREE.\r\nGIVE FINANCIAL HELP TO HELP THE OWNERS IN CRISIS OR TEMP BOARDING.\r\nTO STOP THE BULLYING AND HARASSMENT.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n ","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2014-02-26T19:56:14.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:46.714Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:43:38.832Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-26T19:56:14.000Z","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":61539,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/61539.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":"Enact legislation to bar future use of the convention which protects past government members from prosecution for their acts while in office.","background":null,"additional_details":"Over the past decade the population of the UK have come to realise the previously unbelieved level of dishonesty and unadulterated corruption which drives the activity of our political elected representatives.  It is no longer acceptable for these people to carry out their criminal and corrupt acts, while in office, comfortable in the knowledge that once the protection of being 'in office' has expired they can rely on the protection of the convention which prevents their prosecution once they are 'out of office'.  Protection against prosecution for criminal acts and corruption in government office is no longer appropriate, nor is it acceptable, in what little remains of our modern democracy.  Previous ministers and prime ministers who are later proven to have acted criminally or more in their own (mainly financially beneficial) interests rather than the interests of the country MUST be held to account for those acts in our courts of law.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2014-02-26T20:30:04.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:46.735Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:43:38.900Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-26T20:30:04.000Z","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":"no-action","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":14024,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/14024.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":"Change the benefit/taxation system to help reduce the UK Population and Save the Planet.","background":null,"additional_details":"I feel as the Global population swells that governments should discourage child berth instead of encouraging it. The reason for this is that the most environmentally damaging thing a person can do is to have a child, through the amount of natural resources that child will consume through its lifetime, and makes any environmental concessions that a individual makes just about pointless. This means that a 20% drop in the UK population would have a far greater reduction in greenhouse gases then any green initiatives, thought out by government. There is also the fact that the UK is unsustainable in the amount of natural resources it is using, through the increasing need for oil for our cars or metals for the creation of consumer products. Ways in which the benefit/taxation system could change is through a baby tax or reducing the level of income tax/VAT for people without children and only increasing benefits for the first child, so people have to think, before having a child. 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The English and Welsh have no vote in this referendum.  If the Scots decide to vote in favour of independence, then the principle of self-determination would suggest that they should be entitled to self-government.\r\n\r\nHowever, if the Scots vote in favour of remaining part of the Union, there seems no reason why the English and Welsh should not be given the chance to have their say as to whether or not Scotland should remain part of the Union.  There are evidently arguments both for and against, and if the Union is a union of equals then there would seem no reason why the English and Welsh should not have a say in the matter.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2014-02-28T23:22:18.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:47.271Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:43:40.903Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-28T23:22:18.000Z","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":14074,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/14074.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":"LET THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME","background":null,"additional_details":"Prison population at an all time high! Little wonder this will continue to happen as society increasingly breaks down, authorities officially act for the most ridiculous reasons and the constant bleat of human rights voices continually bray!\r\nPrison is the denial of freedom, denial of rights, denial of home comforts and the price you pay for anti-social behaviour. Not a holiday camp!\r\nPunishment should fit the crime. A proper sentence for a crime committed. The sentence should be served IN FULL!! Life should mean life, no parole, no soft life.\r\nWhen sentenced to a prison term, you forfeit any rights, because you arbitrarily denied them to your victims!\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-22T07:22:43.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:05.801Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:34:56.802Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-22T07:22:43.000Z","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":58256,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/58256.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":"Learning Shakespeare in secondary schools","background":null,"additional_details":"Although Shakespeare is a valued part of English literature I feel it has very little role in todays society. English GCSE lessons on Shakespeare do not engage children, instead they bore children and for what? A language that is barely understood by anyone of the 21st century.\r\n I feel that we should only teach Shakespeare in Drama and pre-GCSE English as it is not a valuable part of todays world.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-12-12T21:25:57.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:35.146Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:43:04.447Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-12-12T21:25:57.000Z","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":61828,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/61828.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":"Inscribe the first Article of the North Atlantic Treaty onto the doors of Parliament.","background":null,"additional_details":"We the signatories of this petition ask that the following text:\r\n\"The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.\"\r\nalong with \"Article 1 of the North Atlantic Treaty 1949.\"\r\n\r\nBe inscribed onto the doors of the House of Commons to remind governments both present and future to strive for peace and where possible avoid war.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2014-03-03T12:16:31.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:47.613Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:43:42.311Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-03T12:16:31.000Z","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":"This is a matter for the House not for HM Government"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":14094,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/14094.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":"Withdrawing Coach Subsidies for the over 60's.","background":null,"additional_details":"Later this year the Government intends to withdraw coach subsidies for the over 60's.\r\n\r\nSmall long distance private coach companies such as Berrys of Taunton will lose a great deal of trade when the subsidy is withdrawn as currenty a large number of their customers are over 60 and will not want to travel once the subsidy goes.\r\n\r\nOther firms around the country such as National Express will also suffer in the same way and many smaller ones will go out of business as people leave them in large numbers seeking a cheaper alternatives.\r\n\r\nLarge number of over 60's use the coaches at present particularly those in rural areas which are not served by trains. Many do not have cars and so these long distance coaches are a lifeline to them.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Government should make a complete U Turn on this and continue to support these coach companies.\r\n\r\nThis cut has been on the cards for a long time but it is only recently it has been bought to the attention of the public through the press.\r\n\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-22T10:13:34.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:05.868Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:34:57.023Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-22T10:13:34.000Z","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":61834,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/61834.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 Russian agression towards Ukraine, Georgia and other ex-soviet countries","background":null,"additional_details":"Occupation of Ukraine is the latest but not the least action of Russia that immensely violates international law. Putin’s regime is the greatest threat to world peace. It’s high time to say this and act in the strongest manner.\r\nWe, the citizens of the world, urge you to:\r\n· Support Ukraine by all means and save this country from Russian occupation\r\n· Support Georgia by all means and save this country from Russian occupation\r\n· Remove Russia from G8 and G20\r\n· Remove Russia from WTO\r\n· Freeze assets and bank accounts of members of the Russian Government\r\n· Cancel all international visas of members of the Russian Government and Ruling Party Parliament members and their families\r\n· Expand “Magnitsky List” to other members of the criminal regime of the Russian Government\r\n· Start investigation of Putin’s crimes against humanity and punish all the members of the criminal regime\r\nFulfill your obligations! Stop Russia!","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2014-03-03T14:48:29.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:47.633Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:43:42.368Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-03T14:48:29.000Z","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":14109,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/14109.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":"The suspension of Representative Democracy and the introduction of Direct Democracy","background":null,"additional_details":"Introduce direct democracy in place of representative democracy.\r\nIntroduce regional assemblies so that ‘the people’ can have executive power over their local areas.\r\nLimit the ‘Royal Family’ to just the monarch and their own immediate family\r\nEventual re-organisation from a monarchy into a crowned republic, with the House of Lords being replaced by a Senate.\r\nMaking the House of Commons and the Senate the ‘Head of State’\r\nAny child bared by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge should be the last monarch.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-22T11:51:03.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:05.919Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:34:57.211Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-22T11:51:03.000Z","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":14111,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/14111.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":"Action Against Unsolicited Sms's Which Are Sent For Marketing Purposes","background":null,"additional_details":"This petition is to ask the government to debate the issues surrounding the annoyance of unsolicited SMS's being sent by organisations looking for business. These SMS's are in breach of the electronic communications and privacy regulation if you have not given the sender of such SMS's permission to send them.\r\n\r\nIt is also asking the government to legislate if necessary making it a requirement to give full name(s) and address(es) of all people buying a SIM card on a PAYG basis BEFORE the activation of the SIM card. Not only would this cut down on the number of unsolicited SMS's but would provide for strong penalties against those that continue to breach the law.\r\n\r\nIf you would like to support this petition please sign it.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-22T11:55:24.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:05.931Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:34:57.236Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-22T11:55:24.000Z","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":14122,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/14122.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":"Do not free double killer Gregory Davis after just 7.5 years","background":null,"additional_details":"Do not let this man go free, humans will die.\r\nGregory Davis is a killer who was convicted of the double manslaughter of Dorothy Rogers and her son Michael Rogers in 2003. He is currently serving an indefinite sentence in Littlemore Hospital.\r\nIt was at a Mental Health Tribunal at the beginning of the month when the conditional discharge of Davis was agreed, despite only serving seven-and-a-half years in psychiatric institutions.\r\nIn a random, frenzied attack with no apparent motive he took a knife and a hammer to the Milton Keynes home of Dorothy Rogers in 2003 and stabbed the 48-year-old 31 times.\r\nHer 19-year-old son Michael tried to escape but was chased to a children's playground where Davis stabbed, bludgeoned, then disembowelled him.\r\nA third victim, Dorothy's boyfriend Mick Cowles, was also attacked with a hammer and seriously injured.  Afterwards, with his victims lying in pools of blood, Davis calmly picked up his girlfriend and took her on a date.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-22T13:06:09.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:05.970Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:34:57.395Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-22T13:06:09.000Z","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":14134,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/14134.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":"School Children To Integrate More Into Their Communities","background":null,"additional_details":"School children should be encouraged, via their school, to become more integrated into their society. By helping out at local retirement homes, visiting local rehab clinics and learning about local issues, etc, our future generations will understand the importance of their community in their lives.\r\n\r\nThese activities already exist in some schools, e.g via Citizenship lessons (which are compulsory), but these only teach on a general (national) basis. By localising and personalising these issues and making it compulsory in all schools, we hope that our youth will connect with their communities better and prevent events such as the 2011 riots.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-22T14:32:46.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:06.011Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:34:57.539Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-22T14:32:46.000Z","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":49503,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/49503.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":"COALITION GOVERNMENT   V  LABOUR","background":null,"additional_details":"Ban the BBC from having 2 members from the coalition up against 1 labour member during television debates like question time et cetera, when the coalition have a member from each party they can get their own points over but they then gang up on labour, this is unfair and is biased towards the coalition.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-05-01T11:42:23.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:05.050Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:41:21.780Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-05-01T11:42:23.000Z","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":61846,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/61846.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":"Put the Clocks Froward on a Friday, not Sunday","background":null,"additional_details":"We currently have a 5 day working week - only a 2 day weekend.  One weekend a year, the last Sunday of March, we lose one of the 48 hours of the weekend for the clocks to go forward.  This is always a bit depressing for all those who love that bit of time with families and friends.\r\n\r\nLet's put the clocks forward at 4pm on a Friday instead.  This will allow people to leave work an hour earlier and will be the perfect way to launch British Summertime.  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The recent decision to replace this service is flawed and a very bad idea.\r\n\r\nThis new decision is unfair and revolves yet again around money and not quality.\r\n(This is not a personal opinion, this is genuinely what people think! look through any article on the decision and almost all the comments agree with this)\r\n\r\nSo what do we want?\r\nWe request that Virgin continues the amazing performance on the WCML and that they pay what they offered in the first place.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-08-15T12:58:13.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:20.652Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:39:07.572Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-08-15T12:58:13.000Z","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":61850,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/61850.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":"Increase Minstry of Defence Budget & Reemploy Our Troops","background":null,"additional_details":"The current British Government needs to increase its defence spend and reemploy our troops it has just sacked. 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Their worldview is riddled with fear and ignorant of the abundance of nature and the love and interconnectedness that is our essence.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-11-17T20:27:02.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:36.132Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:36:39.342Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-11-17T20:27:02.000Z","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":61915,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/61915.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 BBC Three","background":null,"additional_details":"BBC Three is a popular channel with the 16-34 audience age group throughout the country. 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Discretion is needed due to the complex reasons and circumstances that parents may find themselves in thus requiring leave in term time.\r\n\r\nShould headteachers feel a need for a penalty for a parent taking persistent unreasonable leave, then this should be open and available.\r\n\r\nWE WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO REVERT BACK TO THIS POLICY BEFORE THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2014-05-05T21:02:03.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:57.314Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:44:14.921Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-05T21:02:03.000Z","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":23165,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/23165.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":"Government with the consent of the governed? 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