{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/14626.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":14626,"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":"Practical Skills in secondary schools","background":null,"additional_details":"Re-Introduce the teaching of practical skills in schools for example:\r\n\r\nCarpentry and Joinery - assembling flat pack furniture, building kitchen worktops and cupboards, fitting door linins and hanging doors and windows, and lathe work\r\n\r\nPlumbing (water only) - basic skills to include changing taps, installing kicthens and bathrooms, fixing leaks.\r\n\r\nCar mechanics - from chaging oil and other fluids and filters to stripping and re-assembling engines.\r\n\r\nBasic home maintenance and D.I.Y skills\r\n\r\nNot all students are good at academic subjects but are very good at practical subjects and working with their hands","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":3,"created_at":"2011-08-24T14:45:06.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:07.715Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-09-08T10:18:22.000Z","closed_at":"2012-09-08T10:18:22.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-24T14:45:06.000Z","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":[],"signatures_by_country":[],"signatures_by_constituency":[],"signatures_by_region":[],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}