{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/13117.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":13117,"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":"Make MFL a statutory subject at KS2","background":null,"additional_details":"Without statutory status, MFL teaching will take a back seat in the schools who do not see it as a priority. Huge amounts of money and training have already been pumped into making sure our 7 - 11 year olds were able to learn another language - let's not see this wasted!\r\n\r\nUK Citizens, the majority of which only speak English, are being put at a huge disadvantage in today's world of global commerce and multicultural societies. British children need to be given the opportunity to learn a second language as early as possible when they are most receptive to learning new languages. Scientific research has shown that young children have a much richer capacity to develop and to acquire many languages simultaneously than adults have.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-17T11:20:43.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:02.385Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:34:46.303Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-17T11:20:43.000Z","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":[]}}}