Number 10 E-Petitions - Rejected petitions http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/list/rejected Rejected petitions '...take action now to avoid large scale logging of Guyana’s pristine Rainforest. Britain must seriously engage with the Guyanese Government’s proposal to adopt its Carbon Offsetting agreement that would preserve this unique ecosystem and secure the future of the world’s largest undisturbed Rainforest existing in Guyana.' -- Eustace R Miller http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/GuyanaRainforest/ Guyana is about the size of Britain with a population of less than 750,000... '...make it law that all international football matches involving the Home Nations, including friendlies, are available to watch on free to watch "terrestrial" TV in their respective regions.' -- Andi Taylor http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/HMFB-on-TV/ The fact that British citizens are unable to watch their national football... '...Only close roads or sections of roads when there is actual work being done!' -- Greg Foster http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/roadworksclosed/ Roads are either closed or reduced by a lane due to roadworks. But most of... '...Change Stamp Duty to a banded system like Income Tax' -- T Amos http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/StampDuty-Change/ Following the decision just recently by the government to increase the 0%... '...do everything in it's power to reverse the discrimination of our armed forces by governemnt, authorities, companies, and minority groups alike' -- Paul Roberts http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Backlash/ I am sick and fed up of this country sending our armed forces around the... '...stop referring to 'hard-working families', and class all UK citizens the same despite marital status.' -- Darren Holmes http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Hardworking/ As a single person I find it increasingly annoying to hear ministers at all... '...legislate to outlaw discrimination in the provision of goods and services on the basis of membership of or connection to the Armed Forces' -- David Cole http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AFdiscrimination/ There have been a few instances recently of serving members of the armed... '...make all free landline numbers free to use on mobile phones too.' -- John Price http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/phonefree/ make 0845 0800, etc free on mobile phones. '...Encourage the EU Nations and the US to campaign against the inhumane slaughter of dolphins in Japan.' -- Sam Bates http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/JapanDolphin/ Every year thousands of dolphins are circled by boats off the Japanese shore... '...remove the 5% VAT on household fuel bills, to help reduce fuel poverty.' -- mark kearns http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/home-fuel-bills/ '...rework the "EMA" system to allow equality to all students wishing to better themselves.' -- Ryan Robinson http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Fix-EMA/ Labour has always stressed the importance of Education. "EMA" while a... '...levy a one off tax on the power companys in the uk, and to limit how much they can raise there prices buy.' -- J.PIPER http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/COLDWINTER/ THE PEOPLE OF UK DEMAND THAT WE STOP BEING RIPPED OF BY THE POWER COMPANYS,... '...reduce tax on fuel and force garage forecourts to implement reductions with immediate effect when the price of crude oil drops' -- fi burch http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/pump-prices/ Forecourt prices rose this week despite the news that crude oil dropped to... '...express the Public majority view that Creationism is a very backward step and ban its teaching as indoctrination' -- Martin Crompton http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Indoctrination/ Like any other form of indoctrination, Creationism is not a rational part of... '...require that both MOT stations and main Post Offices remain open until late evening.' -- Stuart Scarry http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/opening/ Increasingly I am having to take time out from work and even holidays to... '...Leave office due to a vote of no confidence.' -- Scott Crosbie http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/What-we-want/ Massive overspending in the good times has now led to the UK being a... '...end child salvery' -- Aaron.Akinola http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/cruelty-to-kids/ There are about 300,000 child soldiers involved in over 30 areas of conflict... '...End Child Slavery!' -- Sophia http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Child-S/ Across the world, millions of children do extremely hazardous work in... '...End Child Slavery...!' -- Jaymie-Leigh http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/End-It/ Across the world, millions of children do extremely hazardous work in... '...END CHILD SLAVERY' -- Sam http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SafeThem/ Child Slavery is a massive problem all over the world. Figures is 2006... '...END CHILD SLAVERY' -- Lisa http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ChildSl/ I really want to end child slavery for good!!! There are 218 million working... '...End Child Slavery' -- tyrell http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/stoppp/ Child labor has serious consequences that stay with the Individual and with... '...END CHILD SLAVERY' -- Sebastian londono http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Endchildslavery/ The International Labour Organization Estimates There Are 218 Million... '...End child slavery.' -- Georgie Riley http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Griley/ * Most children work because their families are poor and their labour is... '...End Child Slavery' -- ryan gallagher http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ryansmma/ Though the abolition of slavery in much of the world has greatly reduced... '...end child slavery' -- Michael http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/yidarmy/ Child slavery Child slavery was abolished about 200 years ago there are... '...We the undersigned wish to: END CHILD SLAVERY' -- Saskhia http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/endslavery/ I want it to end In most institutions of slavery throughout the world, the... '...stop knife crime' -- Aaron.Akinola http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/stop-knife/ there is too much violence in islington and it scares me and my mum '...end of chid soliders' -- Tanika http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Tanika/ There are about 300,000 child soldiers involved over 30 areas of conflict... '...END KNIFE CRIME' -- Sebastian Londono http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/notoknifecrime/ We are appalled by the number of people killed through the use of Knives and... '...End child slavery' -- Adam http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/myslavery/ All over the world children are suffering cruel and dangerous lives lots of... '...Grant a posthumous Knghthood to the late Bob Crampsey' -- Paul Anderson http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AriseBobCrampsey/ We the undersigned, urge the prime Minister to grant a posthumous Knighthood... '...Knife crime in London' -- stephanie mosch http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/endthecrime/ Knife crime has become a big issue! Young people are carrying knifes around... '...call a General Election in respect of the people of Great Britain.' -- Dr Sean Sapstead http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/wanttovote/ I know we have had an e-petition about this same topic before however, this... '...use his European influence to make the French clean up after their dogs' -- Nick Morris http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/stinkyfrance/ France is a lovely country apart from the French people who think that in... '...allow Lana McCarton daughter of the late Rene McCarton the oppurtunity of moving/transfering into the family home of 23 years (34 Keir Hardie House) due to Lana's wishes to carry on the hard work of her late mother in the community. In addition to enabling Lana to pursue fostering children at 34 Keir Hardie house of which, prior to Rene McCarton's sudden death, Lana and her mother had discussed and planned to do.This request comes from myself and on behalf of our local community/neighbours that approach me constantly pleading with me to try to gain the tenancy of 34 Keir Hardie House, as the impact of my mother’s death did not as it seems affect only the immediate family but, also my mother’s extended family (neighbours and the local community)They are aware and understand that if I do not gain the tenancy I would have to move off the estate, (that I have lived on for 37 years), as I feel it is bad enough to have lost my mother but to also loose our family home, my focus in life and to expect me to live opposite my mothers family home, passing it on a daily basis, and looking at it through my windows is just unbearable and I feel inhumane, I am trying to turn a negative into a positive as such by carrying out my wishes of becoming a foster parent to siblings and also maintaining the community spirit.My mother and myself did discuss the possibilities and procedures with the HLEMB Manager Karen Mcormack of swopping, and was in the process of filling out the forms to swop properties so that I could carry out my plans to foster siblings however, my mother died suddenly with out any warning and the paperwork for the swop was then not completed.This ‘bad timing’ also coincided with the fact that I wanted to complete my Law and Sociology honours degree before becoming a foster parent as I felt that this would give me good grounding as a foster parent (a great understanding of people and society, including Child Laws, Education, Cultures, Social inclusion, Deviant behaviours, Social problems, Environmental Issues etc) in addition to my huge experience of being a parent and voluntary worker with children for over twenty years. I was to complete my degree then complete the homeswop paperwork with my mother however, unfortunately the week I was due to complete my degree was the week of my mother’s death. Whilst I do appreciate the current social housing problems and needs at the moment for 4 bed properties, I do also believe that there is just as much if not more of a need for 2 bed properties in Islington of which I am willing to give up, that is ready for occupation straight away.I did place myself on the Islington transfer list in the 1990’s and telephoned quite a few times enquiring as to updates and availability of a transfer, of which I was told not to keep telephoning as there was no point, there were no transfers available at the time and that the council will contact me when one became available.I do believe that since this my council transfer information (from 1999) has been erased from the council transfer system (as there are no notes on the computer only my ref number from 1999) of which seems very odd. Furthermore, instead of Islington Council’s transfer team apologising for their mistake and trying to correct it, they have had the audacity to try to put the blame on me by presuming/guessing that ‘I must have been sent me a letter in 2003’ (by normal post royal mail) when they had a review and ‘because I did not reply’ I was taken off the list (two years later) in 2005! Surely this is not normal practice and unacceptable behaviour for the council to operate in this way; presuming/guessing.Firstly, I did not receive any letter regarding my transfer, secondly it seems hard to believe that the transfer team would think that it is viable and fair to send such an important document (the outcome being so important) via royal mail normal post, and thirdly if this had happened as they are presuming/guessing why is the computer screen blank with no notes on it from 2003 a copy of the letter, sending a letter, no response to the letter and taking me off the list? I feel surely that this is a council mistake and no fault of my own as the council are responsible for sorting out their systems. Therefore, I am hoping that this travesty can be taken into account whilst considering my request for a swop to 34 keir hardie in a way of maybe compensating me for the stress I have been caused since being told I have been erased from the transfer list.In theory I did actually live at my mother’s address (along with my son) due to the fact of being my disabled, pensioner mother's official carer and so with her on a 24/7 basis as she needed help day and night, and used my flat at 28 KH House purely as a place of study as such to complete my degree. Had I not lived so close to my mother I would have defiantly given up my tenancy and moved in with my mother due to the amount of time needed to care for her.I believe that Islington Council are in desperate need for foster parents therefore, I would hope that the fact that I am eager to become an Islington foster parent for siblings of three plus would also be taken into consideration of my request to transfer to 34 Keir Hardie House.I am aware that Islington Council do have laws and policies to follow however, I also believe that they are given discretion to special cases of which I hope that this case is seen as (on compassionate grounds), that will maybe allow them to use this power, of which Islington Council have exercised on many occasions on our estate therefore, seeming to set a precedent, and so tenants here do feel maybe the need to carry this precedent on so as not to be seen to be discriminating against any tenants. I am hoping that other factors will be taken into consideration such as the need for an Islington foster parent, community volunteer to many organisations in Islington, community kinship networker in Islington, turning such a negative into a positive against/versus two bedrooms (as that’s the difference in the two properties).' -- LANA MCCARTON http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Lanastransfer/ '...accept Guyana’s offer to protect their standing rainforest by putting it under the control of a British-led, international body in return for economic assistance. Accepting this offer would give the UK a valuable carbon sink and preserve this priceless biological gem for future generations.' -- Adrian Holt http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Rainforest-Deal/ Tropical deforestation accounts for one-fifth of all carbon emissions. The... '...make it a criminal offence to purchase, or seek to purchase, the sexual services of another person; to remove from statute the criminal offence of loitering or soliciting in a public place for purposes of prostitution, and all other offences which criminalise people who are prostituted; to develop a national strategy for establishing and funding local services to assist people to leave prostitution, in consultation with voluntary organisations currently providing such services (while retaining harm minimisation services for those remaining in prostitution); and to initiate national public education campaigns about the exploitation and harm involved in prostitution.' -- Ashley Haering http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/FCAPpetition/ Many women first become involved in prostitution as young teenagers and the... '...Stop putting faith in speed cameras and get more police on the road.' -- John Price http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/speedcamkill/ This government has put all its faith in speed cameras just to raise capital... '...Put pressure on the British Olympic committee, to allow David Tennant as Doctor Who to light the Olympic flame for the 2012 Games in London' -- Peter Winterton http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Dr-Who-2012/ Doctor Who is probably the longest running and best know British science... '...stop this outragious bullying to uk citizens' -- Jackie V Caffrey http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BEACHES/ AS ABOVE, THIS REQUEST SPEAKS FOR ITSELF! I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ABOUT 56... '...allow only donations to fund a state funeral for Margaret Thatcher' -- Henry Saunders http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/mtdonations/ If donations are only allowed for Margaret Thatcher's funeral then it will... '...discuss controling world population growth' -- colin parry http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/populationgrowth/ human population growth is the cause of all environmental problems,the... '...Introduce these 100% foolproof policies to bring us back out of the recession and economic growth.' -- Jake Kelleher http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/operationexpand/ As what I've written is too long it's recommended you contact me for more... '...Make a Law Protecting Armed Forces Personnel (and their Associates) from Being Discriminated against in Anyway, shape, or Form' -- Christian Katana-Smith http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Armed1Forces/ I would like a Law to be made/changed protecting all Armed Forces Personnel... '...Stop Virgin Media from destroying the internet' -- Gareth Cain http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/stopvm/ We are making a petition to stop Virgin Media Internet Ltd, Capping or... '...Reduce the legal age of drinking alcohol to 16.' -- Michael Smith http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/LegalAlcoholAge/ It will stop street drinking & there wont be as much alcoholics '...eliminate the FIA' -- peter meduhrst http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/eliminate-FIA/ Basically, due to the favouretism of the FIA (towards ferrari), i suggest... '...Put pressure on the FIA of formula one to clean up it's act' -- Barry Hughes http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/FIAinjustice/ Put pressure on the FIA of formula one to clean up it's act and reverse the... '...Investigate the FIA for bias towards ferrari' -- guy barritt http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ferrari/