Petitions Committee

Commons select committee, since 27 May 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

The Petitions Committee considers e-petitions submitted on Parliament’s petitions website and public (paper) petitions presented to the House of Commons, engaging the public directly with the work of the House. You can follow the committee on X (formerly Twitter) @HoCpetitions.

Inquiries

• A statutory duty of care for higher education students (16 May 2023 to 5 June 2023)
• Impact of Covid-19 on new parents: one year on (5 July 2021 to 21 February 2022)
• Brain tumour and childhood cancer research (25 March 2021 to 30 July 2021)
• E-petition session: TV licensing (19 February 2021 to 19 February 2021)
• E-petition session: The movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland (17 February 2021 to 17 February 2021)
• E-petition session: Stamp Duty Land Tax relief during the COVID-19 outbreak (25 January 2021 to 25 January 2021)
• E-petition session: Arrangements for touring professionals and artists in the EU (25 January 2021 to 25 January 2021)
• Child Food Poverty (18 December 2020 to 8 July 2021)
• Black history and cultural diversity in the curriculum (27 October 2020 to 1 May 2024)
• E-petition session: Support for individuals and households during COVID-19 (17 September 2020 to 17 September 2021)
• E-petition session: Easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions (15 July 2020 to 15 July 2020)
• Public engagement on e-petitions (24 June 2020)
• Tackling Online Abuse (14 May 2020 to 28 March 2022)
• The Government's response to Coronavirus (13 March 2020 to 31 December 2020)
• Fireworks inquiry (26 February 2019 to 26 February 2019)
• Funding for research into brain tumours inquiry (1 November 2018 to 1 November 2018)
• Petition on the meningitis B vaccine (20 February 2018 to 20 February 2018)
• Online abuse and the experience of disabled people (9 January 2018 to 9 January 2018)
• Grouse shooting joint evidence session (11 October 2016 to 27 April 2017)
• High heels and workplace dress codes inquiry (7 June 2016 to 7 June 2016)
• Meningitis B vaccine inquiry (8 March 2016 to 29 November 2017)
• Funding for research into brain tumours (19 October 2015 to 19 October 2015)
• Petitions Committee working methods inquiry (21 July 2015 to 21 July 2015)

Organisations it has heard from most

• House of Commons (5)
• Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (3)
• Petitions Committee (3)
• Adoption UK (2)
• Brain Tumour Research (2)
• Department for Education (2)
• Early Years Alliance (2)
• Happity (2)
• Private citizen (2)
• Universities UK (2)
• Women and Equalities Select Committee (2)
• AMOSSHE (1)
• Antisemitism Policy Trust (1)
• Belle and Sebastian (1)
• Bliss (1)