10 Downing Street Petitions - 22nd February 2009

If you want to have a look at the petitions on the 10 Downing Street Website, you can do so, here.

I am just having a look through and thought I would again highlight some that might be of interest. I do not necessarily endorse all of these, but I did think that all were of interest. Click on the link if you want to sign, or find out more about the petitions aims.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Re-introduce the zero-rate corporation tax band for the first £10,000 of company profit. Here. Deadline 14th April 2009, signatures 397.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to scrap ID cards. Here. Deadline 15th December 2009, signatures 135.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to resign. Here. Deadline 31st March 2009, signatures 130.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to allow the people of England a referendum on English independence. Here. Deadline 9th June 2009, signatures 115.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Give British people the view to decide if the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should withdraw out of the European Union. Here. Deadline 31st October 2009, signatures 31.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Give the United Kingdom public a vote on the Lisbon Treaty. Here. Deadline 2nd September 2009, signatures 62.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to repeal the law which stops protesting within one mile of Parliament. Here. Deadline 29th December 2009, signatures 49.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to not allow the "Made in the United Kingdom" mark to be replaced by "Made in the EU". Here. Deadline 17th March 2009, signatures 131.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Save Woolworths from Closure and Create a People's Woolies. Here. (Started by George Galloway) Deadline 15th March 2009, signatures 524.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Scrap Sunday trading laws allowing all shops to open normal hours on Sundays. Here. Deadline 20th May 2009, signatures 58.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ban the practice of restaurant-owners applying service charges to bills. Here. Deadline 23rd April 2009, signatures 34.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to push the EU to break the connection between gas price and oil price. Here. Deadline 17th April 2009, signatures 31.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Ban the import of pork products that do not meet the same welfare standards expected of British farmers. Here. Deadline 3rd August 2009, signatures 26.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Ban door to door salespeople. Here. Deadline 4th June 2009, signatures 23.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reintroduce the ten pence tax band urgently, in order to prevent low paid workers facing a painful increase in the tax they pay on their income. Here. Deadline 4th April 2009, signatures 5,077.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Open and reveal court papers for UK Savers & Tax payers to view. Here. Deadline 16th April 2009, signatures 1,121.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Give serving and ex armed forces personnel tax relief. Here. Deadline 18th June 2009, signatures 481.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to enforce Northern Rock to pass on the interest rate cut to its customers SVR. Here. Deadline 16th April 2009, signatures 277.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop the taxation on income from pensions under £25000 per annum. Here. Deadline 24th November 2009, signatures 106.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Abolish inheritance tax. Here. Deadline 2nd June 2009, signatures 87.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Reduce MPs' salaries to 4000 GBP per annum per MP. Here. Deadline 12th March 2009, signatures 32.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Reduce single occupany council tax to 50%.
Here. Deadline 8th September 2009, signatures 31.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reverse the demonstrable decline in school science examination standards that is destroying our competitiveness. Here. Deadline 24th April 2009, signatures 5,752.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to resist the proposed changes from the EU in relation to Recreational Sea Angling (RSA). Here. Deadline 16th December 2009, signatures 3,124.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Return Bin Collections To A Weekly Pick Up and the Placement of a proper Recycling Initiative. Here. Deadline 1st March 2009, signatures 107.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to call a general election immediately. Here. Deadline 27th June 2009, signatures 1,253.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Save Bletchley Park. Here. Deadline 28th May 2009, signed 18,991.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Raise the National Speed Limit from 70mph to 80mph. Here. Deadline 3rd June 2009, signatures 214.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Protect the RNLI from paying licence fees for using Maritime radio frequencies. Here. Deadline 8th October 2009, signatures 26,977.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to make it a criminal offence for a pregnant woman to smoke. Here. Deadline 25th March 2009, signatures 26.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Sack Jacqui Smith for gross incompetence. Here. Deadline 29th May 2009, signatures 351.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to scrap the t.v licence and force the bbc to fund itself!. Here. Deadline 2nd March 2009, signatures 413.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop 0845 & 0870 Numbers in Government Departments. Here. Deadline 2nd April 2009, signatures 970.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to scrap the current legislation that forces every lockable room in a student house to have its own TV licence. Here. Deadline 25th April 2009, signatures 96.