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These rights are not extended to owners of flats so once again in Britain the richer you are the easier it is to extend your house and grow your family. This e-petition asks for Permitted Development Rights to be extended to Flats so we can have a fairer society where people who can’t afford a house still have the same rights and opportunities to extend their property and grow their families as richer house owners.    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They are then left dead or seriously injured and dumped. We the undersigned would like the Government to look into the prevention of these advertisements and for all potential owners to be homechecked to prevent such barbaric cruelty.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2012-04-11T21:18:52.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:06.589Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-05-14T08:00:46.000Z","closed_at":"2013-05-14T08:00:46.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-04-11T21:18:52.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":3278,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/3278.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":"Easier recognition of immigration status","background":null,"additional_details":"To introduce on entry to the UK a visa stamp in passports which states exactly what the entrant is entitles to thus stopping health tourists and extortionists. 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Not providing free transport undermines students right to education and freedom from discrimination (discrimation due to living in the countryside) under the human rights act. Charging students and there families for education is completely wrong.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-17T09:16:55.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:02.175Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-09-01T14:32:28.000Z","closed_at":"2012-09-01T14:32:28.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-17T09:16:55.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":13154,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/13154.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":"All convicted in the phone hacking scandals to be sentenced as severely as rioters","background":null,"additional_details":"The government should issue guidelines to judges to deal with anyone convicted in the phone hacking scandal as severely as rioters have been treated. Rioters are being given swift and summary justice in order to deter similar future behavior and the phone hackers, bribers, recipients of bribes and anyone found to have been covering up illegal practices must be treated as severely. If the establishment cannot get its house in order then what example does this set to the rest of the country.\r\n\r\nThese people have tarnished the image of the UK as much as, if not more than, the rioters.  An example should be set.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-17T12:28:52.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:02.513Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-17T15:32:49.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-17T15:32:49.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-17T12:28:52.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":13169,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/13169.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":"tax reliefor vouchers  on travel costs to get to work , including petrol, bus and train.","background":null,"additional_details":"Travel costs to get to work is astronomical with train fares costing up to 5- 10k and the hundreds of pounds for petrol and running a car charges rising. Employees that pay a high percentage of their income on travel to work costs should have tax relief or government travel vouchers in order to ease this cost. It is the employed that are keeping the economy moving  and this ever increasing cost is futher putting a strain on the working family.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-17T12:53:39.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:02.558Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-22T14:11:00.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-22T14:11:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-17T12:53:39.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":13173,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/13173.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 everyone on benefits.","background":null,"additional_details":"A lot of people are afraid to move from benefits to work and a lot of people are afraid of having to be on benefits after losing work all because of the risk it creates to their lives.\r\nIf everyone was allocated benefits covered by the taxation system then the government would be removing a large amount of risk out of the economic system and people on benefits could feel safer to declare work and would be free to educate themselves as much as they needed to without being forced to look for work.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-17T13:07:18.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:02.570Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-17T13:11:28.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-17T13:11:28.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-17T13:07:18.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":13186,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/13186.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":"Ip per gallon increase and abolish Road tax.","background":null,"additional_details":"It was proved years ago that a half pence on a gallon of fuel would earn millions for the government and catch all users. Being a penny would bring in more now that more cars are on the road and would not need a road tax disc.Again saving money.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-17T14:13:05.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:02.618Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-22T14:11:51.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-22T14:11:51.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-17T14:13:05.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":13251,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/13251.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":"Give young people three options at 16","background":null,"additional_details":"Why should young people (16-18) be put on benefits as soon as they leave school? Give them three options:\r\n1) Further education\r\n2) A Government sponsored apprenticeship with any type of business at no cost to the employer\r\n3) Charity service: Working for charities, especially abroad, where they could make a real difference.\r\nInstead of benefits for doing nothing let's see them work for it. And, if none of the above apply there should be a form of national service run by retired soldiers to teach them self reliance and discipline (16-21). This is the only way to tackle gang culture.  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A significant part of any internship role must be dedicated to personal development and learning for the intern.\r\n\r\nIf an intern adds value to the company, s/he should be considered an employee and given the same rights. Employers must be made to understand that they cannot use internships to perform roles vital to their business.\r\n\r\nInterns must be paid at least a cost of living wage. If they are have responsibilities that are valued higher in the market, this must be reflected.\r\n\r\nEmployers must specify if an internship will lead to permanent employment and when this can be expected. It is not acceptable to keep valuable members of staff without paying them, on the promise of a job at some arbitrary future point.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-05T13:39:10.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:35.836Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-16T13:50:48.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-16T13:50:48.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-05T13:39:10.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":4916,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/4916.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":"Review UK Consumer Credit Legislation in light of the financial crisis. ","background":null,"additional_details":"The sub prime crisis in the US was brought about by inidividual salesmen selling mortgages where people couldn't afford the repayments while the banks believed they could eliminate risk on debt by removing responsibility. The forms of lending via papers; the internet and by phone has run ahead of legislation. Licensed  credit providers increasingly act like loan sharks. The system needs a massive overhaul to bring back a level of responsibility in lending that is lacking at present. The financial crisis seems to have only encouraged financial institions to take more risks and act increasingly irressponsibly. Bring back crerdit legislation that has the teeth to deal with \"pay day loan companies\" / \"sub prime lenders\" - yes they're still in operation / \"debt consolidation companies\" etc. Bring in teeth for credit legislation at a micro economic level and ensure that casino banking is separaed from high street banking at the macro level.  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I propose a form of sentencing that would keep the most persistent offenders off the streets whilst remaining proportionate.\r\n\r\nI suggest  “Recycled Sentencing\" in which the courts sentence as they do now, but each subsequent sentence includes all previous sentences as well.\r\n\r\nSuppose for a first offence a person gets a £100 fine.\r\n\r\nFor a second offence they might get 1 month in prison for example, PLUS the £100 fine again.\r\n\r\nFor their third offence maybe they get 6 months in prison, PLUS the one month again, PLUS another £100 fine.\r\n\r\nEven if they are bound over to keep the peace, having been convicted they would risk getting all previous sentences too.\r\n\r\nPersistent offenders will automatically end up with progressively tougher sentences, and will be kept off the streets for longer and longer. This method is humane and proportionate unlike 'three strikes' and similar drastic ideas.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-17T20:38:40.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:03.198Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-18T08:56:12.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-18T08:56:12.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-17T20:38:40.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":13343,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/13343.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":"Ban the sale of pesticide for domestic use","background":null,"additional_details":"Indiscriminate use of pesticide in UK gardens is destroying food sources for larger animals such as birds, hedgehogs and other small animals.  Furthermore it is evident that these pesticides drain into underground water courses and then into rivers.  Once in rivers and oceans these pesticides pollute and cause mutations in fish and other marine animals.\r\n\r\nA reduction in pesticide use will lead to an increase in the UK wildlife population.\r\n\r\nPesticides should be used only in strictly controlled circumstances under license.\r\n\r\nThis issue should be debated in Parliament.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-17T22:02:02.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:03.280Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-22T11:39:09.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-22T11:39:09.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-17T22:02:02.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":13357,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/13357.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":"Discourage ownership of UK residential property by overseas nationals","background":null,"additional_details":"UK residential property should be available to British nationals only.  UK homes should not be acquired by overseas property speculators and those seeking a UK holiday home / bolt-hole.\r\n\r\nKnight Frank has noted that 63% of purchases in the central London new build market (2010 International Project Marketing report) were made by overseas nationals and that only 41% of central London new-build properties were purchased for owner occupation.   Investors from the Far East accounted for 28% of new-build purchases and 51 nationalities are pursuing prime residential properties in London.\r\n\r\nThis open-door policy drives up property prices, puts further pressure on the limited supply of land and forces those working in London to commute ever further distances, creating greater carbon footprints.  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Anyone can be the victim of abuse yet in 2013 there was only 78 spaces available for male victims of domestic abuse in the U.K and 45 of those spaces could be taken up by either gender. Now compare this to the 4000 spaces available for women alone. More than 830,000 men fall victim to domestic abuse every single year, making up a third of all victims. So why are so few spaces available for these men to seek refuge? This petition will ensure that help is available for those who are in need of it.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2015-03-10T17:32:44.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:30:34.343Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2015-03-12T08:09:20.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-30T22:59:59.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2015-03-10T17:32:44.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":13516,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/13516.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 Energy Exploration in the Artic","background":null,"additional_details":"We the undersigned what a law passing that the UK Government will not be involved in the exploration and annihilation of the Arctic Circle for energy supply and demand. This land area is vital in the controlling Climate Change and any damage here would be irreversible. So the Government should be stopping and nit helping in this abomination to our plant and should invest more in Green Energy. 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This is done by measuring any witness marks on the road and other observations. In many cases these may be in dispute. A calibrated black box similar to those on aircraft, would overcome this problem and help resolve legal disputes.  The government should debate this with a view to their introduction on new vehicles.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-05T17:05:06.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:36.699Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-08T08:31:44.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-08T08:31:44.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-05T17:05:06.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":18815,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/18815.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 NHS should fund all wheelchairs","background":null,"additional_details":"The current NHS wheelchair service means that the cheapest chair possible is provided & if you need a more specialist chair then you have to fund it yourself. Myself along with many others with severe muscle wasting diseases rely on our chairs 24/7 & the chairs offered by the NHS do not meet our needs as the chairs they offer are very basic. Specialised chairs are very expensive & most people cannot afford them AND afford the maintenance & repairs of them. The NHS voucher scheme only covers the cost of a chair which the NHS would provide. I want the government to make more funding available for the NHS Wheelchair services so everybody who needs a more specialised chair can get what they are entitled to.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-10-07T19:21:45.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:21.501Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-10-13T07:58:50.000Z","closed_at":"2012-10-13T07:58:50.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-10-07T19:21:45.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":11059,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/11059.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":"Less Benefits, More Police, Bigger Prisons","background":null,"additional_details":"We work hard to earn a living therefore why should our taxes be used as a charity service to pay for those that choose not to work and don't contribute to the good of this country. Should we not have a say in where our taxes go, Shouldn't they go into areas that benefit us the tax payer, such as a strong police force, where you know that if you ever need them they will have enough resources and man power to help you straight away? Or bigger Prisons where we can keep criminals off the streets for longer rather than reducing or giving them suspened sentences? It is sickening when you find out that an Alcoholic and Heroin addict who is regularily in trouble with the police for theft. is getting almost a thousand pounds worth of benefits a month, as his addiction is supposidly a 'disability' This is almost the same amount as the upstanding admirable police officers arresting him earn, where is the justice in that?","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-12T19:50:08.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:54.776Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-22T08:15:34.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-22T08:15:34.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-12T19:50:08.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":18982,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/18982.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":"Not to waste £50m of public money taking seats away from the Olympic Stadium","background":null,"additional_details":"To take back the £50m set aside from public money for the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) to reduce\r\nthe capacity of the Olympic stadium from an 80,000 seater venue to a 60,000 seater venue after the 2012 Olympic Games.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-10-11T05:36:15.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:22.067Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-01-09T08:20:43.000Z","closed_at":"2013-01-09T08:20:43.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-10-11T05:36:15.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":18988,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/18988.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":"End taxation of money (gold and silver)","background":null,"additional_details":"Taxation of alternative forms of money should be illegal. Thus neither VAT nor capital gains tax should apply to physical holdings of silver or gold. This would allow these traditional forms of money to compete with fiat currency on the open market.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-10-11T09:28:09.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:22.086Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-10-19T13:06:55.000Z","closed_at":"2012-10-19T13:06:55.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-10-11T09:28:09.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":11162,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/11162.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 too young to jail should face their punishment when their old enough","background":null,"additional_details":"Underage criminals, those that are currently protected by their young age, cannot face jail as they are not old enough. The majority of the \"looters\" from recent riots are under 18, and therefore face referral orders.\r\n\r\nI believe they should not only have referral orders but also have the jail time they would have received had they been over 18, applied once they turn 18.\r\n\r\nSimply put, offenders who are underage, do their time for their crime when they're 18. Would only take a few cases of this actually being carried out to make them realise they will always pay for their crime, eventually.\r\n\r\nSimples.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-12T21:59:36.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:55.328Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-16T14:25:58.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-16T14:25:58.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-12T21:59:36.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":19015,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/19015.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 so out of touch with the needs and plights of it's own people!","background":null,"additional_details":"This is one mans crusade to point out the fact once a for all that the coalition government do not understand or have any idea of how hard it is to live in this country of late. While Thatcher style cuts and tax rises take hold,people of this country become increasingly worried about their job security and streched standard of living. While the PM and his Torie counterparts hide away in their multi-million pound mansions and taxpayer funded secound homes ordinery people are losing theirs dues to job cuts,rising prices of food,petrol,gas,electricity,pensions and that's to name a few, do u really think the PM and his fatcat friends on 100k a year plus and thier TAXpayer expences know what it's like to live on these streets.WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER,THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST LIES HE'S COME OUT WITH SO FAR.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-10-11T13:37:47.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:22.182Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-10-19T13:06:58.000Z","closed_at":"2012-10-19T13:06:58.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-10-11T13:37:47.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":11240,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/11240.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":"Build a prison on the Falkland Islands for anti-social criminals, rapists, drug dealers and the like.","background":null,"additional_details":"The Falkland Islands were restored to British sovereignty at the high price of many servicemen's lives. The territory is costly to defend but no valuable use has been made of it.  A prison could be built there to house our most persistent and anti-social criminals.  Inmates would live on basic rations and due to its remote location be unable to receive visitors.  The cost of their accommodation would be met from the requisition of illegally acquired funds, or by contributions from the felons' families.  Falkland Islands prison would be Britain's latter day Botany Bay. At long last we would have a place to decant serious criminals as well as petty offenders who routinely disrupt and spoil the lives of honest, law abiding citizens. Falkland Island Prison would take convicts out of Britain for months or years on end thus banishing them from our midst at a low cost.  Such an exile is likely to result in our streets, businesses and homes becoming safer and it would make economic sense.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2011-08-13T00:40:55.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:55.611Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-16T14:10:05.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-16T14:10:05.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-13T00:40:55.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"archived-petition","id":11269,"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/11269.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":"Council tenants treated equal to home owners","background":null,"additional_details":"At present Council tenants are treated as second class citizens in relation to home owners. This has shown its ugly face, in evictions from council homes after criminal offences, when the same offence would leave home owners still having somewhere to live. In a civilised society, this kind of social apartheid should not exist. This Government, is now showing its complete misunderstanding of this situation, by promoting this kind of prejudicial and discriminatory thinking. Many Council tenants, can't even choose how to pay their water charges any longer, because they are included in their rent. Sign this petition, to make EVERYBODY in the UK equal! 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Announcing now that this benefit will be abolished in  5 years time (with the benefit to be reduced incrementally by 20% each year) will afford single parents plenty of time to put in place alternative arrangements and, at the same time, send a message to today's young girls that becoming a single parent is not something which the taxpayer will fund in future. Single parent numbers would collapse as a result and this would send a message to the markets that this country is serious about tackling the deficit and restoring sanity to our bloated benefit system. The resultant savings would allow us to implement VAT or other tax cuts which would kick start our economic fightback. 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