{"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions.json?page=49&state=archived","first":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions.json?state=archived","last":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions.json?page=54&state=archived","next":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions.json?page=50&state=archived","prev":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions.json?page=48&state=archived"},"data":[{"type":"petition","id":790,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/790.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Bring Down the Age of Smears to 18","background":"My 18 year old daughter has cervical cancer and we do not want this to happen to any other women just because of the age limit on smear tests. We would like to call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to bring the age down on the tests from 25 to 18.\n\n","additional_details":"In March 2014 my daughter Jessica Bradford aged only 18 was diagnosed with cervical cancer.  Because of her age she was not allowed a smear test.  Jessica had all her cervical cancer injections in school.  Jessica attends Velindre cancer hospital in Wales where her treatment was carried out - 5 chemotherapies, 30 radiotherapies and 3 internal radiotherapies.  Due to this treatment Jessica can never carry her own children.  Myself and Jessica have set up a page on Facebook to raise awareness, called Jess Bradford's cervical cancer awareness. Since doing the page we have met lots of mothers who have lost their daughters from cervical cancer\n\nWe are also currently collecting signatures on Change.org petitioning the UK Government on the same issue.  Approximately 96,000 signatures have been collected so far.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":525,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":784,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/784.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Save Further Education in Powys","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to reconsider the funding cuts that have been made to the NPTC group of colleges and to ensure that the educational futures of the students are safe.\n\nWe are students in NPTC Group, Newtown Campus. The Welsh Government have given NPTC group of colleges 12% less money for the next academic year, which equates to approximately £4 million. This means we have lost 50% of our part time courses and 80% of staff have been made redundant. This also means that the teaching we receive on a full-time course will be cut by 50 hours putting strain on the students and the staff. Many of our students depend on college to keep them going and without it we would have little hope and opportunities for the future. The mature students would have to pay an estimate of £400 to attend college which provides a great future for them rather than relying on the benefit system. These cuts are going to make it impossible for some people to make a future for themselves.\n\n","additional_details":"​In Powys there aren't many job opportunities, and going to college provides the knowledge, skills and experience needed to get a job or progress to university. A levels are not suitable for everyone. We need plumbers, hairdressers, carers, bricklayers etc to ensure the economy of Mid Wales is sustainable and can grow. We need your help to ensure our futures and yours.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":52,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":813,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/813.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Owners of Un-developed Land.","background":"We the undersigned urge the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to compel the owners of un-developed or abandoned land to display their name, address and contact details somewhere prominent on the land.\n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":11,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":792,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/792.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Emergency Services  - Power of Entry","background":"To seek the provision of a legislative power of entry for the Ambulance Service, which would allow its employees, when acting in the lawful execution of their duty, to force entry to property for the purpose of saving life and limb.\n\n","additional_details":"Under current legislation, the Fire Service may force entry to property under section 44 Fire and Rescue Services Act and the Police likewise under Section 17 Police & Criminal Evidence Act. The Ambulance Service does not have the protection of such legislation and, for example, may attend an emergency call only to find a casualty lying on the floor of a secure premise. The Ambulance Service must then request Police attendance to exercise its power of entry under Section 17 PACE. This position extends the time before assistance can be offered to the casualty and is a injudicious use of public resources.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":67,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":787,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/787.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Statutory Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) for all schools and educational establishments in Wales","background":"We ask the Welsh Government to make SRE a statutory subject in the curriculum for all schools and educational establishments in Wales. We submit this petition on behalf of the ABFABB project's service users and the Bridgend LGBT Forum. SRE is currently delivered as part of Personal and Social Education (PSE). Delivery is inconsistent and often non-inclusive of LGBT relationships. Evidence shows that 85% of young people are not taught the biological and physical aspects of same-sex relationships, while only 22% discussed LGB issues in SRE classes (Stonewall Cymru, 2012). Inclusive SRE allows a greater awareness of different families, relationships and feelings. It ultimately contributes to combat homophobic, transphobic and biphobic bullying and language in schools. It also favours a more transparent working environment for teachers and all staff.   \nInclusive delivery can only be achieved if SRE is granted statutory status across Wales. We propose that a statutory status should allow for:  \n• A compulsory element to the subject which will ensure implementation.   \n• An inclusive, age-appropriate delivery with set learning expectation for each progression step.  \n• A comprehensive training programme for teachers and all staff.  \n• Information on both sexuality and gender identity; although these are distinct from one another, awareness of all positive relationships from an early age will benefit all children, regardless of identity or sexuality.\n\n","additional_details":"ABFABB is part of a Community voice portfolio and is funded by Big Lottery Fund. It aims to engage LGBT community members across Bridgend County Borough in the planning, delivery and evaluation of services.   \nThe Bridgend LGBT Forum provides an engagement platform between service users and providers in Bridgend County Borough. It currently consists of statutory services, charities and voluntary organisations.   \nFreedom of information requests were sent to Bridgend County Borough Council (BCBC), the Welsh Government and Estyn. National bodies have a non-statutory guidance; BCBC did not hold any of the information requested, even for schools that it directly finances.   \nWe believe that the new curriculum assessment (Successful Futures), with its focus on areas of expertise and a continuum of learning, represents the ideal vehicle for statutory, inclusive, age-appropriate SRE. The Written Statement – Educational Provision and the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill also provides innovative approaches to training which could highlight positive same-sex relationships and LGBT perspectives.   \nIn the light of these developments, we now have an opportunity to deliver quality SRE for all children in Wales.  \nThe statistics provided above are available in 'The school report' (Stonewall Cymru, 2012). 'The teacher's report' (Stonewall Cymru) states that only 33% of primary teachers have addressed families with same sex parents, and 35% of secondary teachers have not addressed LGBT issues in the classroom. The National AIDS Trust (NAT, 2015) reports that 75% of respondents have not received information on same-sex relationships and attraction in SRE, and specifically recommends a statutory requirement for SRE in all primary and secondary schools (Recommendation 4).\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":155,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":800,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/800.json"},"attributes":{"action":"To Protect the Future of Youth Music in Wales","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to protect musical tuition in schools and in particular to:\n\n \n\n•Reinstate central ring-fencing of budgets for professional instrumental tuition in schools;\n\n   \n•Implement a national strategy to reverse the decline of Youth Music in Wales;\n\n   \n•Offer the children and young people of Wales their right to receive an education that develops their unique personalities, talents and abilities to the full.\n\n \n\n","additional_details":"Additional Information:\n\nWales has historically been perceived as a world class musical nation, globally recognised as the first country to have its own National Youth Orchestra. Wales has had in operation since 1928 a music program similar to the \"El Sistema\" program; which other countries are now looking to implement. Since the findings of the Music Policy review group published in May 2010, inequalities and uncertainty of provision have made headlines.　 In terms of protecting the opportunity to receive instrumental tuition and to practise and perform with others, Wales is now lagging behind England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, where ring-fencing has already been implemented. It is heartening to hear that new ways of working are being considered to make best use of limited resources available.  \n  \nRing-fencing is an opportunity to ensure music remains mainstream, continuing the professional standard system which is available to all and already in place, rather than music becoming elitist or marginalised.  \n  \nWe consider it essential not just to preserve our musical heritage, but also to help develop future generations, by giving young people access to all the areas of benefit that music brings.  \n  \nLet the music play on! O bydded i’r gerddoriaeth barhau!\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":1363,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":740,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/740.json"},"attributes":{"action":"End Exclusion in Schools for Children with No Religion","background":" \n\nThis petition seeks the support of the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a non-discriminatory education for children of no organised religion in Wales.\n\nThis petition has been prompted after personal experience sending my own child to an excellent community primary school in Pontypridd. This school has fantastically supportive teachers and high quality teaching. However, like all community primaries in Wales, it is legally obliged to provide sessions of collective worship and occasionally exceeds its legal obligations under the law by bringing worship into the classroom, the lunch hall and school trips (to places like the Creationist Zoo, Noah's Ark Farm (see existing petition under consideration here: http://www.senedd.assembly.wales/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=10925 ).\n\nIn our instance parents have never been consulted on whether we wish our child taught a religion as truth, which we do not. Once I heard of the trip to Noah's Ark Zoo in particular, I called the headmaster who told me that I had the option to exclude my child from organised school activities, which I do not wish to as it would damage and reduce my daughter's role in the school community and generally discriminate against her on the basis of religion.\n\nAfterwards, I searched for a nearby school to which I could send my daughter as an alternative and found that not only was there no option locally but, in fact, none in the whole of Wales. I was genuinely shocked to find that this legal imposition meant that there was no school in the country where my daughter could partake as an equal in school activities. In speaking to a number of other parents in the school, I found sufficient support among the religious and non-religious to put forward this petition.\n\nThe petitioner does not seek a petition to end religious practice in schools but to ask the Education Minister to ensure a viable, non-discriminatory education is accessible for children of no organised religion.\n\n","additional_details":"The National Secular Society has recently written to the Welsh Government on this issue, highlighting similar parental dilemmas: http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2014/10/nss-calls-on-welsh-government-to-review-compulsory-collective-worship\n","state":"completed","signature_count":43,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":781,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/781.json"},"attributes":{"action":"James Bond at the Welsh Assembly","background":"Please support a petition to get the Presiding Officer of the Welsh Assembly to reverse her decision in not allowing scenes for the new James Bond to be filmed at the Assembly.\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":22,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":1007,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/1007.json"},"attributes":{"action":"To Raise Awareness of the Poor Broadband in Our Area","background":"​\n\nSuperfast Cymru is coming to the Maerdy Exchange but will we get an improved service?  Some locations will not benefit at all because they are too far from the cab and the cable is aluminium which does not conduct broadband properly.  The real answer is a cab in the village.  Please sign to support this petition.\n\n \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":60,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2016-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2016-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2015-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":758,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/758.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Mynyddoedd Pawb","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to encourage the Welsh Government to persuade bodies and organisations to protect and respect our wealth of place names in order to:\n\n1) stimulate respect and interest in the Welsh language and to secure and increase the use of it.\n\n2) increase the sense of identity among local communities by sharing the wealth of our cultural heritage with others.\n\n3) engage the interest and awareness of visitors of the richness of our local heritage and thereby bring educational and economic benefits to areas.\n\nThis could be achieved through:\n\n- working with outdoor centres in order to raise their awareness of traditional indigenous place names, and in order to support them to use Welsh place names in their day to day work.\n- highlight the richness of our place names in terms of our cultural heritage, and what they can communicate through the teaching of history, geography, mythology and historical land use in our country.\n- persuade the Welsh Government to bring traditional and long standing place names under planning control.\n\n(A written petition is running concurrently.)\n\n","additional_details":"We are of the view that that awareness should be raised of the importance of protection of Welsh place names, and that institutions and voluntary associations at local, regional and national levels have a key role in this. Also, schools should ensure that children and young people have the opportunity to appreciate the richness of Welsh place names as part of their national heritage.\n\nWe believe that place names and the heritage and history associated with them, should be an integral part of environmental studies courses in further and higher education and outdoor pursuits courses run by other bodies. Training organisations, centres and clubs involved in mountaineering and outdoor activities should be encouraged to use Welsh place names.\n\nWe ask the National Assembly to stress the importance of all this to the Welsh Government, so that they can persuade local authorities, Natural Resources Wales, the National Trust, the National Park Authorities and other bodies in the statutory, voluntary, public and private sectors to take appropriate steps to safeguard Welsh place names.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":1026,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":782,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/782.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Save our service- Large Animal Rescue in North Wales","background":"This is a call for action. We the undersigned want the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to intervene to prevent North Wales Fire and Rescue stopping their large animal rescue service. We believe that stopping this service will put animals at risk and have a negative impact on welfare in North Wales. There is also a human risk element as people will put themselves in situations of danger to help rescue animals if there is not a service to help them.   \nLarge animal rescue is a highly specialised service and requires extensive training and equipment which cannot be provided by any other organisation at present. We ask that the decision is reversed and additional funding is given to enable this or other sustainable funding models are put in place. Thank you. \n\n","additional_details":"Concerns:  \n• More animals will be put down due to being unable to 'rescue' them ( North Wales Fire and Rescue have had sixty calls in two years)  \n• People will try and be a hero- this decision puts people at risk, no knowledge of physical effect of mental anxiety- the release reaction.  \n  \nWho will help now?   \nRSPCA have neither the equipment/ training or manpower. Lots of training such as that done by Hampshire has been lessons learnt from previous rescues. RSPCA don't have that. Man power- 9 officers in North Wales some of which are part time.  \nVets receive no training other than specialist courses- many vets won't have attended  \n  \nWhy Fire service need to be involved:  \n• Trained- knowledge of stimulation versus restraint/sedation and how animals react to trauma   \n• Developed national good practice and protocol 2007  \n• Have roles identified  \n• Incident command  \n• Risk assessments  \n   \nHampshire Fire Service are leaders in the field of Large Animal Rescue, they state on website: Large animal rescue is recognised as one of the most dangerous activities a firefighter will be engaged in and so specialised training and equipment is essential  \nFrom a lecture given by one of their staff:   \n• Lack of knowledge leads to dangerous situations for animal and rescuers  \n• Horse/large animal rescue variety of challenges brain/history/anxiety/owner  \n• Large animal should be considered- hazardous material  \n  \nCost of this service is around £8,000/£9,000 per year.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":1394,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":743,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/743.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Facebook Regulations for Looked after Children","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government:\n\nTo update the \"IRO Handbook: Statutory guidance for independent reviewing officers and local authorities on their functions in relation to case management and review for looked after children\" to prevent children under the age of 13 being set up with Facebook accounts;\n\nThat concerns relating to social media be discussed as part of the Statutory Review;\n\nThat reporting provisions be made to the Welsh Government;\n\nThat the current guidance that \"computer use should be monitored from time to time\" be upgraded to a statutory requirement on (at least) a weekly basis.\n\n","additional_details":"When individuals set up Facebook accounts, they are asked to certify that they are 13 or over by entering a date of birth.　 If the date of birth shows them to be younger they are prevented from continuing.\n\nConcerns have been raised by David Cameron, NSPCC, Police and other organisations relating to underage children accessing Facebook.\n\nDespite the above local authorities are knowingly allowing vulnerable children as young as 9 to be set up on Facebook and access other social media\n\n• age falsified  \n• privacy setting are not set  \n• children posting contact details  \n• advertising whereabouts  \n• sexting  \n• friends are not age appropriate or known by the carers/family  \n• Like status friends and 1,000’s of followers can result in postings of a crude/sexual nature\n\nRisks\n\n• Fake profiles  \n• Illegal/harmful content or advice  \n• Bullying, stalking, internet grooming, content sharing  \n• Information privacy – personal data collection from children\n\n• Marketing of illegal and age restricted products, gambling, dating,food and drinks.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":13,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":745,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/745.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Review and Enforcement of Control of Horses (Wales) Act 2014","background":"The Control of Horses (Wales) Act 2014 is proving not fit for purpose and is doing nothing to improve the welfare of equines turned out to graze on common land. There is no satisfactory system of recording or controlling the numbers of horses and ponies left to suffer and die throughout the winter and early spring months, and those that survive are left to breed and compound the problems year on year. We, the undersigned feel that several additional measures need to be put in place:\n\n1) Registration/freeze branding all equines belonging to those commoners with legitimate grazing rights\n\n2) No colts to be grazed on common land if over 6 months old unless they are native and licensed (to preserve the Welsh Mountain Pony)\n\n3) Registered charities to have the right to remove equines on welfare grounds by agreement with the police, and to place the ponies with pre-approved foster homes while owners are being traced. Where possible ponies to be re-homed after a given amount of time.\n\n4) All equines that are \"gathered\" and found to be illegally grazed, if owners cannot be traced then an attempt should be made to re-home them in the first instance, before any decision to PTS (this is not the current procedure)\n\n5) The entire procedure should be transparent and councils answerable to the public.\n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":134,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":726,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/726.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Support for Safe Nursing Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill","background":"We the undersigned call upon Members of the National Assembly for Wales Health and Social Care Committee to vote in favour of the Safe Nursing Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill once it is introduced into the Assembly.\n","additional_details":"Kirsty Williams AM is soon going to be introducing the Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill into the National Assembly for Wales.  This bill would enshrine in law Chief Nursing Officer in Wales' core principles regarding staffing levels on all medical and surgical wards.  The Royal College of Nursing believes that this piece of legislation is necessary to improve patient safety and will help to restore patients faith in the Welsh NHS as well as ensuring that patients in hospitals in Wales receive the nursing care and attention they need and deserve and allows Nurses to be able to deliver care to the standard that they are trained and want to deliver.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":1579,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2017-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":747,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/747.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Improved Commuter Train Services for North Wales Residents","background":"Although train fares across North Wales have risen at above the rate of inflation over a number of recent years the service offered to commuters has been reduced.\n\nIn particular the service offered at times convenient for most commuters to Bangor - home of one of Wales largest Universities, and also a major hospital (as well as North Wales busiest railway station in terms of passenger numbers!) - have been greatly cut over the last couple of years.\n\nIn particular we call for the reintroduction of the Chester - Bangor service which used to arrive at in Bangor at 09.36. (Ironically, whilst this service has been cut on week days, it still runs on a Saturday!).\n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":36,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":710,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/710.json"},"attributes":{"action":"De-Trunk the A487 Road Through Penparcau, Trefechan & Aberystwyth Town Centre","background":"We call on the Welsh Government to take all necessary action to initiate the 'De-Trunking' of the A487 (the removal of 'trunk road status\") on a specific section of road that runs through the residential and urban communities of Penparcau, Trefechan, and Aberystwyth town centre. This action would encourage the alleviation of traffic congestion and enhance road safety within these communities and town centre, and as a consequence would facilitate wider social, environmental, economic and health & well-being benefits within an area that the Welsh Government has already deemed necessary of significant regeneration investment and support.\n\n","additional_details":"Penparcau Community Forum, a community development partnership providing a strong collective voice for the community of Penparcau, are actively campaigning for the section of the A487 road running through Penparcau, Trefechan and Aberystwyth town centre to be removed of its 'Trunk Road' status. This would enable greater local accountability and provide enhanced flexibility for the provision of traffic calming measures and enhancements, which would promote a safer road and environment, and encourage alternative activities such as cycling and walking. The A487 'trunk road' currently runs through Great Darkgate Street, the main shopping street within Aberystwyth town centre, which is part of a Welsh Government, sponsored Strategic Regeneration Area.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":65,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":755,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/755.json"},"attributes":{"action":"That Foster Carers be Permitted to be Registered with More Than One Local Authority","background":"We, the undersigned, believe that the National Assembly for Wales should ask the Welsh Government to take the following actions to support foster carers:  \n  \nThat foster carers be permitted to be registered with more than one Local Authority , to reduce the money spent unnecessarily by LAs to Independent Fostering Agencies (IFA).   \n  \nThis would enable foster carers who are not being fully utilized by their Local Authority, and have empty rooms i.e. they may be registered to care for two Looked After Children but have only one in placement, to provide places for children from adjoining local authorities where there may be an excess of children coming into Social Services to be Looked After:- this is where the mismatch of funding occurs – whereby if there is no place available with FCs, the LA will outsource the placement to an IFA.\n\n","additional_details":"In view of the Williams report, when Councils merge any FCs with availability for space will become available to their adjoining LA, if they were registered to do so. Initial savings ahead of the implementation of local authority mergers a \"Dual LA Registration\" would further cut costs, and allow for cost effective, quality care for Looked After Children coming into the Care System. For example, if Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen implemented a FCs Dual Registration, it would mean that any child coming in to be Looked After would have double the pool of FCs to be matched with (skills, availability, current placements, ability to transport to school are all part of the matching process), thereby elimination the need for the far more costly use of IFAs.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":159,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":759,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/759.json"},"attributes":{"action":"LOCALISM IN PLANNING and COMPENSATION FOR THIRD PARTIES RE. INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS","background":"​We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government during its reform of the Welsh planning system, to ensure/guarantee that planning decisions will be taken at the most local level as possible to enable sufficient community engagement and support. Moreover, it encourages the Welsh Government to examine in detail, the impact that major infrastructure schemes have on Third Parties in Wales and considers the implementation of legislation to properly protect and compensate all Third Parties suffering actual loss from the construction, commissioning and operation of major infrastructure projects.\n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":462,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":753,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/753.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Petition to Improve the Provision of Disabled-friendly Housing in Wales’","background":"We the undersigned call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to take action to ensure that all new homes in Wales are built to fully meet all the Welsh Housing Quality Standards ensuring they are as comprehensive as Lifetime Home Standards, with at least 10 per cent of new homes built to full wheelchair accessibility standards.\n\n","additional_details":" **Wales’ hidden housing crisis: a lack of disabled friendly homes**.\n\n500,000 people across the UK become disabled every year.  \nThat means homes need to be adaptable, so that in the future they can add grab rails and wet rooms, stairlifts or hoists. But many existing homes can’t be adapted at all, and even with newly built homes, most can’t be adapted cheaply. Critically, in Wales:  \n  \n-　72% of people live in a home without an accessible front door: that means of the hundreds of thousands of people who get a mobility impairment every year, most will have to move house or risk being trapped in their own home;  \n  \n-　54% of people in Wales do not have stairs big enough for a stair-lift to be fitted: meaning that if they become disabled, they will be trapped downstairs, washing at their kitchen sink, sleeping in their lounge, and unable to tuck their children into bed;  \n  \n-　22% of disabled households are currently waiting for an adaptation to be made to their home.  \n  \nFalls result in disabled and older people going to hospital. But they could be dramatically reduced by installing stair lifts, grab rails and level access to buildings, saving the NHS millions of pounds. The cost to the NHS of just one hip-fracture is estimated as £28,000. In comparison, it costs only £1,100 extra to build a new home to Lifetime Homes standard.  \n  \nDisabled-friendly homes are, by design, cheaper and easier to adapt than other homes:\n\n- Installing a stair lift in a Lifetime Home can cost as little as £2,500, but if the wall by the stairs is not strong enough, the cost of replacing or reinforcing the wall could be five or ten times that.\n\n- If a bathroom is big enough for a wheelchair to fit into by design, the only cost to adapt the home may be around £300 to install grab bars. Whereas if the doorway needs to be widened and the wall needs to be strengthened, costs could easily be 30 times higher.\n\nSigning this petition is the right thing to do economically, sustainably and ethically.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":795,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":763,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/763.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Stop Closure of Consultant-led Maternity Unit at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd","background":"We the undersigned request that Betsi Cadwallader University Health Board stop its planned closure of the Consultant-led Maternity Unit at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. We believe its closure will be detrimental to the welfare of expectant mothers and their families, and will endanger lives. We do not believe it is right or fair for patients to have to travel upwards of 30 miles for treatment, particularly in case of emergency. We believe that the additional pressure placed on staff at Ysbyty Maelor and Ysbyty Gwynedd will be detrimental to maternity services at those hospitals. We ask that the BCUHB consider other options (such as closure of unit to elective procedures) and retain consultants at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd for the safety of expectant mothers.\n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":570,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":611,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/611.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Protection of banking services in vulnerable communities","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to recognise the increasing withdrawal of banking services from vulnerable communities and urge the Welsh Government to work with representatives of the finance and banking sector to ensure that all communities in Wales have and retain local access to financial services, including alternatives such as community banking and credit unions.\n","additional_details":"I have indicated that I’m unwilling to give evidence, but this is purely because I’m disabled and cannot endure travelling long distances.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":13,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":738,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/738.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Stop the Wholesale Hiving off of Public Libraries to the Voluntary Sector","background":"We call on the Deputy Minister for Culture to accept, with immediate effect, recommendation III of the Expert Library Review of Public Libraries in Wales 2014 (Proposed changes to public library services should only be progressed following the production of costed options). Furthermore, he should now advise all local authorities in Wales that this requirement will be effective for proposed changes announced after the date of publication of the Expert Review (22 October 2014) as well as proposals announced before that date, but where a period of public consultation ends after 22 October 2014. This action is required to halt the flood of proposals by the Vale of Glamorgan and other local authorities in Wales to hive off our Public Libraries to the voluntary sector, without giving due consideration to alternative options.\n\n","additional_details":"Councils in Wales cannot be allowed to continue to get away with proposals to turn public libraries into volunteer managed operations without publishing costed options, or in some cases without even considering them. Many proposals are along the lines of 'you run the library yourselves or we will close it'. The Expert Review has stated that recommendation III should be applied with immediate effect, and has noted that local authorities have been restricted to identifying 'quick wins' in terms of meeting financial targets, but that these can have negative impacts, eg workforce skills gaps. The Review also notes that there is a need to review the longer term impacts and costs of the 'quick wins' and identify future interventions to mitigate the impacts. Our campaign group has taken this up with CyMAL who have indicated that making these changes retrospective will not be possible due to the time needed to pass new legislation. However, failing to implement this recommendation now will result in a further increase in the current tide of proposals to turn public libraries into community managed operations, based purely on the need to make budget savings and without even taking into account the needs of library users or alternative options. Unless this recommendation is implemented immediately there is likely to be a further increase in the flood of libraries turned over to volunteers as Councils rush to implement these changes before effective legislation is implemented. In the case of our own library in Rhoose, our consultation period began a week prior to the publication of the Expert Review but on requesting that they produce costed options in line with the Review recommendations Vale Council's response was that they were not required to act on the recommendations at this time. Councils will continue to flout the recommendations of the Expert Review until effective legislation is introduced.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":68,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":732,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/732.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Please Prevent Fireworks From Being Sold to the General Public","background":"We want to request a change in legislation so that only licensed events with can organise firework displays and use fireworks. We want to ban the sale of any fireworks to the general public. We want to ban the use of fireworks by the general public. As we all know, since the Millennium, fireworks are no longer a 'once a year' event. Every year fireworks are going off more than a week before November the 5th and generally continue in spits and spats until the New Year celebrations start them off in full swing again. Every year, children and adults are injured by fireworks that have been set off by the general public. The use of fireworks in a domestic setting which has no regulatory control or qualified professional in charge of the fireworks can be, and has proven to be, fatal. On top of this, the poor defenceless animals need to be taken into consideration. According to the RSPCA U.K’s pet figures of 2013, there are around 22 million household pets in the U.K - averaging about 1 in every 2 houses. Any pet owner can understand the terror caused by fireworks being set off at the end of a neighbours garden where there is no control. Fireworks can be brilliant and something to look forward to. As it stands, many people dread and fear a time that was once a much celebrated time of year. Please help us and our pets feel safe again.\n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":110,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":699,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/699.json"},"attributes":{"action":"A Fair Student Loan Payment in the Final Year of Training","background":"Payment for midwifery and health care students in the final year is reduced dramatically as it does not take into account the extra weeks studying or in placement in August.  This loan payment is repaid when in employment but affects the final year by as much as £150 per term. Healthcare is a completely different degree in relation to theory and placement and continues into August when other courses have broken up for summer holidays.\n\nWe would like the student loan system to take the third year course content into account and this be reflected in the student loan payments made to midwifery students and healthcare students alike.\n\n \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":47,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2015-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2015-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2015-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":729,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/729.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Support the Arriva Trains Wales First Class Service","background":"It is believed that Arriva Trains Wales will soon announce their intention to cease the first class service which forms part of their flagship 'Premier Service' which runs each weekday between Holyhead and Cardiff.  \n  \nThis will likely be a response to the Welsh Government's decision to end their funding for this service in early 2015.  \n  \nThis petition urges the Welsh Government to reconsider their decision to withdraw funding for this valuable and well-loved service, or to at least encourage Arriva Trains Wales to continue the service as best they can via other means.\n\n","additional_details":"The Arriva Trains Wales 'Premier Service' (also known as Y Gerallt Gymro, or 'Gerald of Wales', and now affectionately known as Gerald) is one of the few fine dining experiences left on a scheduled rail service running on the British railway network.  \n  \nThe loss of this service would be a great shame, not only for passengers, but for the staff and train crew who have worked so hard to make this train the well regarded experience that it is.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":54,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":741,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/741.json"},"attributes":{"action":"AMs Should Reject Recommendation for a 18% payrise","background":"With those working on the frontline in the public sector having pay cuts in real terms, I urge AM's to reject recommendations to increase their pay by 18%. By accepting this or any pay rise whilst the vast majority of public sector workers are faced with pay cuts and redundancies AM's would be communicating to those that they represent a message of \"'We're alright Jack, keep your hands off my stack' (Money, Pink Floyd), with their \"stack\" being paid for by public sector cuts, pay freezes and redundancies. I would propose that AM's pay rise, freeze and cuts mirror those working in education, NHS, Police and social services.\n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":12,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":685,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/685.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Nationalised Bottled Water","background":"We, the undersigned, beseech the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to create a Wales-owned not-for-profit Bottled Water Company. This would remove the corporate middle-men making a profit from what should be free as our birthright as Welsh citizens: our own water.\n\n","additional_details":"Wales is abundant in natural resources, particularly water - and we call upon the Labour-led administration in the Assembly to do something vaguely socialistic and offer Welsh citizens a source of bottled water that does away with the profit motive.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":25,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":689,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/689.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Reverse the Cuts to Hardship Funds in Universities","background":"The hardship fund given to Universities by the Welsh Government, the Financial Contingency Fund, has been cut for 2014/15. We believe this to be a damaging decision and call on the Welsh Government to reverse the cuts immediately. This vital fund provided financial support to thousands of students who found themselves in difficulty mid-way through the year, and with no other means to support themselves. Without this fund, many students will be unable to afford to study, entrenching social inequalities in Wales’ education system. The announcement that the Fund is to be cut also breaks a promise Assembly Members made to students in 2011 whereby they signed an NUS Wales pledge not to cut the Fund. We, the undersigned, want the Welsh Government to know that we will not accept broken promises and further cuts to our education system.  \n  \n\n","additional_details":"For more information on why NUS Wales is calling for the reintroduction of the financial contingency fund, visit: http://www.nusconnect.org.uk/news/article/wales/Students-shocked-at-Welsh-Government-scrapping-university-hardship-funds/  \nAssembly Candidates who signed the NUS Wales Access all areas pledge in 2011: http://www.nusconnect.org.uk/asset/News/6156/Cefnogwyr-Supporters.pdf.  \n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":134,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":711,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/711.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Support Small Businesses - Support our High Streets","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to extend the relief available for small businesses beyond March 2015. In addition we ask that the decision be made and announced as soon as possible, ideally before the end of 2014, in order that business planning and development is not delayed.\n\nAdditional information: Small businesses form the backbone of our Town Centres and High Streets. In order that business recovery and start up is supported, and the deterioration in our towns and communities is arrested, this matter is urgent.\n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":47,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":653,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/653.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Inquiry into the Welsh NHS","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to hold a full and comprehensive inquiry into the Welsh NHS. This diagnostic inquiry will ensure that all matters of concern are identified and addressed, and that standards in the Welsh health service are continually improved for the sake of NHS staff, patients and the people of Wales.\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":146,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":721,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/721.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Call for the Welsh Government to Purchase Garth Celyn","background":"This historic building and grounds are up for sale. Such is the importance of this building/grounds to Wales and its history we call upon the Welsh Government to do what’s right and secure Garth Celyn for the Welsh people once and for all.   \n  \nAbout the year 1200, Prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth constructed a royal home on Garth Celyn. To the east of the Llys was the newly endowed Cistercian Monastery of Aberconwy; to the west the cathedral city of Bangor. Between Garth Celyn and the shore the fertile farmland provided food for the royal family, members of the court, and the local community. The sea and the river had fish in abundance and there was wild game to be hunted in the uplands.  \nThe village of Aber Garth Celyn on the west side of the river was a bustling, thriving place. Travellers negotiating the dangerous Lafan Sands were given food and lodging in the valley. Goods brought by sea to the Port of Llanfaes were being distributed to other points on the mainland from here. Animals were herded along this routeway to and from the mountains. Grain was carted to the mill. The community came to attend services in the church. Pilgrims from far and wide walked the trackway and paused for refreshments. Bards came to recite poetry recalling the deeds of the heroes, the great defenders.\n\n","additional_details":"Part of a Letter from Llywelyn, Prince of Wales to John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury. November 1282 Garth Celyn.\n\nTo the most reverend father in Christ, the Lord John, by the Grace of God, Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England, from his humble and devoted son Llywelyn, prince of Wales, lord of Snowdon, greetings and filial affection, with all manner of reverence, submission and honour. For the heavy labours which your fatherly holiness has assumed at this time, out of the love you bear to us and our nation, we render you grateful thanks, all the more since, as you have confided to us, you come against the king’s will. You ask us to come to the king’s peace. Your holiness should know that we are ready to do so, provided the lord king will truly observe that same peace as is due to us and ours.  \nWe rejoice that this interlude granted to Wales is at your instance and you will find no impediments placed in the way of peace by us, for we would rather support your efforts than those of any other. We hope, God willing, there need be no occasion for you to write anything to the pope concerning our pertinacity nor will you find us spurning your fatherly entreaties and strenuous endeavours, indeed we embrace them with all the warmth of our heart. Nor is it necessary for the king to weigh his hand yet further against us, since we are fully prepared to render him obedience, always saving our rights and laws, a reservation legally permitted to us.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":650,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":728,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/728.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Ensure schools exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 without interference or bias.","background":"​We ask the National Assembly for Wales to ensure that schools are free to exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 without interference from bodies such as regional educational consortia and local authorities and without threat of penalisation through school inspection, performance judgement and banding processes.\n\nLocal authorities in Wales and their consortia are recommending that schools do not exercise their statutory powers under the above legislation leaving more families exposed to the threat of penalty notices under the Education (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2013 than would have been otherwise. These recommendations are made on the basis that they can improve attainment despite the lack of evidence that absence of the type allowed under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 results in poorer attainment.\n\nCurrently schools in Wales can be penalised through inspection, performance judgement and school banding processes for authorising legitimate absences such as sickness, family holidays or other events or instances which enable families to participate fully in a normal, private family life.\n\nThese recommendations and processes bias schools against the authorisation of legitimate absence and make schools reluctant to exercise their statutory powers under regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010. This can damage the home/school relationship and child well-being. Where a family disagrees with a decision to refuse authorisation of absence on the grounds of equality, human rights or child well-being there is no independent route of appeal. Where a family disregards a decision to refuse authorisation of absence the issue of a penalty notice and potential criminalisation can result. There is an economic impact on the Welsh tourism and leisure industry which provides employment and income to many of our families.\n\n** **\n\n** **\n\n** **\n\n","additional_details":"​Regulation 7 of The Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010 gives schools the discretionary power to authorise up to 10 days absence during a school year for family holidays and more than 10 days absence in exceptional circumstances.\n\n Schools are being advised against exercising this power by their local authorities. They are feeling pressured to improve school attendance figures by Estyn, the education and training inspectorate for Wales, who can penalise them if attendance falls below a certain level.\n\n The drive to improve attendance is based on an assumption that it will improve educational attainment. This is an over-simplification of a very complex issue. Attendance and attainment are linked but a causative relationship is not proven. Research shows that absence for family holidays does not affect attainment at primary school level, and a small degree of absence is unlikely to have any effect at secondary school level. (\"A Profile of Pupil Absence, 2011, DfE\").\n\n A school's refusal to authorise an absence which is allowable under the law can seriously damage the home/school relationship, particularly if the family believe that the absence is important to their child's well-being and take their child out of school anyway. The family can receive a penalty notice (fine) or be criminalised.\n\n There are many legitimate reasons why children and families need the flexibility to be absent from school during term time which include difficulty obtaining annual leave during school holidays, important family events, geographical remoteness from non-resident parents, grandparents and extended family. Families employed in the Welsh tourism and leisure industry have felt a significant economic impact from the English term time holiday ban this year. The Good Childhood Report 2014 identified school as only ONE of the ten aspects of life with the greatest influence on child well-being. Family, home, finances, friends, health and choice were among the others.\n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":812,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":713,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/713.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Regarding the closure of Diabetes Patient Reference Groups and the cancellation of meetings of the Diabetic Planning and Delivery Group in Powys.","background":"We the undersigned call upon the Minister for Health and Social Services to require Powys LHB to immediately re-establish the Diabetes Planning and Delivery Group and the local Diabetes Patient Reference Groups.\n\nThe closure of diabetes Patient Reference Groups in April 2011 and the cancellation of the statutory Diabetes Planning and Delivery Group (DPDG) in June 2013　denies the patient input defined in the 'National Service Framework for Diabetes in Wales'(NSF) and the 'Guidance on Involving Adult NHS Service Users and Carers'.\n\nThe closure of the DPDG is in direct contravention of instructions set out in　correspondence from the Minister for Health and Social Services to Chairs of all Local Health Boards and from the Chief Executive NHS Wales to the Chief Executives of the Local Health Boards in June 2010. 　The correspondence states:-\n\n<dir><dir><p align=\"JUSTIFY\" dir=\"LTR\">......\"Each DPDG should take responsibility for leading, managing and reporting to the LHB Board and to the Chief Executive of NHS on progress with the　delivery of the NSF.\" ......and.............\"The DPDG will need to ensure effective engagement with service users and is an integral　part of the LHB structures underpinning the implementation of the CCM (Chronic Conditions Management) policy agenda.\"　(There are patient representatives on all the Diabetes Planning and Delivery Groups).</p></dir></dir>\n","additional_details":"In June 2013 the Welsh Assembly Health and Social Care Committee reported on the outcome of their 'Inquiry into the implementation of the National Service Framework in Wales and its future direction'. They concluded at Recommendation 5:-　　　　\n\n<dir><dir><p align=\"JUSTIFY\" dir=\"LTR\">\"We recommend that the forthcoming diabetes delivery plan should ensure that local Diabetes　Planning and Delivery Groups' relationships with health boards are formalised. Health Boards should demonstrate how they take　account of DPDG recommendations and fully engage with their work. 　Arrangements should be put in place to adopt a national　approach for DPDG's, to include national terms of reference for their operation and a requirement to meet with each other to　share best practice.\"</p></dir></dir>\n\nIn October 2013 - 　'Together for Health - A Diabetes　Delivery Plan' 　was launched by the Welsh Government. 　At Chapter 10. \"LOCAL PLANS - LOCAL ACTION\" it states:-\n\n<dir><dir><p align=\"JUSTIFY\" dir=\"LTR\">........\"LHB's need to achieve full compliance with the Diabetes NSF, and this Diabetes Delivery Delivery Plan. 　LHBs will　support their Diabetes Planning and Delivery Groups (DPDG) to review, update and publish detailed local diabetes delivery plans.　The LHBs will support and enable the DPDGs to deliver the Diabetes plan, report progress, publish six monthly updates on their websites and contribute to the annual all Wales report to be published by the Welsh Government.\"</p></dir></dir>\n\nSimply stated there is now no possibility of diabetes patients in Powys to input or obtain basic information about service planning or　delivery. 　We have been disenfranchised and denied the stated aim of the Welsh Assembly Government:-\n\n<dir><dir><p align=\"JUSTIFY\" dir=\"LTR\">.....\"to ensure that people who use NHS services........are genuinely and constructively involved in all aspects of the service.\"</p></dir></dir>\n","state":"completed","signature_count":40,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":686,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/686.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Save the Cwmcarn Forest Drive from Indefinite or Permanent Closure","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to reverse the decision of Natural Resources Wales to close the Cwmcarn Forest Drive indefinitely on 2nd November 2014.  \n  \nAdditional Information: NRW have stated that the Cwmcarn Forest Drive will be closed indefinitely in November and that this is necessary because of the infection of the Japanese larches in the forest. I am not convinced as there are inconsistencies with NRW approach. There are ample harvest roads which can be used to facilitate removal of the trees. What needs to be removed via the drive could done during its annual winter closure; however NRW say that removing the trees will not be completed until 2018 and after this the drive may not reopen due to funding issues. Other forest parks are only facing minimal disruption to their facilities as a result of tree removal. To single out users of the drive is unfair and unnecessary when other users will face only temporary disruption. We should save the drive for its users, many of whom are elderly, disabled and from our ethnic minority and immigrant communities. This deprives those people who are our most deprived of their main facility for health and well being.  \n\n","additional_details":"NRW have stated that the Cwmcarn Forest Drive will be closed indefinitely in November and that this is necessary because of the infection of the Japanese larches in the forest. I am not convinced as there are inconsistencies with NRW approach. There are ample harvest roads which can be used to facilitate removal of the trees. What needs to be removed via the drive could done during its annual winter closure; however NRW say that removing the trees will not be completed until 2018 and after this the drive may not reopen due to funding issues. Other forest parks are only facing minimal disruption to their facilities as a result of tree removal. To single out users of the drive is unfair and unnecessary when other users will face only temporary disruption. We should save the drive for its users, many of whom are elderly, disabled and from our ethnic minority and immigrant communities. This deprives those people who are our most deprived of their main facility for health and well being.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":2392,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":672,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/672.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Helping Babies Born at 22 Weeks to Survive.","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to:  \n  \n- change the guidelines so that babies born after 22 weeks and who show signs of life are given appropriate medical care; and  \n- In changing these guidelines ensure that they include a guarantee that a Paediatrician will review and weigh every baby born after 22 weeks who shows signs of life immediately after their birth so that parents and clinicians can make informed decisions based on the individual baby’s chance of survival.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":2543,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":691,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/691.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Personalisation of Graves","background":"​We the undersigned, call upon Welsh Government to review the central policy with a view to bringing in new legislation/regulations so that there is consistency across local authority areas in Wales on the personalisation of Graves, particularly the graves of babies and children.\n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":120,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":1008,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/1008.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Petition to Save General Practice","background":"​\n\nDespite carrying out 90% of all NHS patient contacts, general practice only receives 8.39% of the NHS budget in the UK — an historic low. By 2017, this is projected to plunge to just 7.29%\n\nAs a result, general practice is facing a growing crisis.\n\nDue to the sheer volume of GP workloads, in this year alone, patients will have to wait longer than a week to see their GP on at least 27m occasions.\n\nAnd, according to a poll carried out in March, more than three fifths of the public now believe that the number of patient consultations carried out by GPs — up to 60 per day — is threatening the level of patient care.\n\nTo protect high quality services for all patients, I call on the First Minister to increase the share of the NHS budget spent on general practice in Wales to 11% by 2017.\n\nThis shift in funding would enable general practice to deliver: Shorter waiting times for appointments and more flexible opening hours\n\nLonger consultations, especially for people with long term conditions.\n\n More opportunity for patients to see a GP who knows them\n\nBetter care co-ordination and planning, especially for the elderly and those with complex needs\n\nPositive benefits for the NHS as a whole, reducing pressure on hospitals\n\nGP surgeries sit at the heart of local communities. I demand that the Welsh Government acts now to ensure practices have the resources they need to continue to provide the high quality care patients deserve.\n\n \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":15500,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2016-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2016-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2015-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":657,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/657.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Proposed Ban on the Use of e-cigarettes in Public Places","background":"We call upon the Welsh Government not to proceed with their proposed ban on the use of e-cigarettes in enclosed public spaces, substantially enclosed public places, and places of work in Wales. This proposal, if implemented, can only lead to fewer people using e-cigarettes and more people smoking cigarettes.  \n  \nAdditional Information: Already 100,000 people in Wales are using e-cigarettes. These people are smoking fewer or no cigarettes; this should be a cause for celebration, not concern. A recent BBC poll found that 62% of the public opposed a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public. In Spain where a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public was introduced, there was a 70% decline in the use of e-cigarettes and a rise in the rate of smoking. We fear the same will happen in Wales if the Welsh Government implements their proposed ban. With a ban on the advertising and promotion of e-cigarettes soon to be introduced, following the passing of the Tobacco Products Directive, where are smokers to find out about e-cigarettes, particularly if they are banned in public places? Smokers need to see people using e-cigarettes in public, they need to be able to go up and speak to e-cigarette users so that they can find out further information and then hopefully make the switch to a safer alternative.  \n\n","additional_details":"Already 100,000 people in Wales are using e-cigarettes. These people are smoking fewer or no cigarettes; this should be a cause for celebration, not concern. A recent BBC poll found that 62% of the public opposed a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public. In Spain where a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public was introduced, there was a 70% decline in the use of e-cigarettes and a rise in the rate of smoking. We fear the same will happen in Wales if the Welsh Government implements their proposed ban.With a ban on the advertising and promotion of e-cigarettes soon to beintroduced, following the passing of the Tobacco Products Directive,where are smokers to find out about e-cigarettes, particularly if they are banned in public places? Smokers need to see people usinge-cigarettes in public, they need to be able to go up and speak to e-cigarette users so that they can find out further information and then hopefully make the switch to a safer alternative.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":1219,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":1009,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/1009.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Reinstate funding for Skomer Island's Guillemot monitoring","background":"​\n\nNatural Resources Wales have cut the £12,000 annual funding they provide for the on-going Guillemot monitoring study on Skomer Island. This is a hugely important study, and gives valuable insights into seabird life and what affects their populations. Not only is it a shame to end such a long running (and therefore valuable) data set, but the cut couldn't have come at a worse time, considering the huge impact the recent storms have had on seabird populations (current death toll 25,000 and rising). This is a very bad decision on the part of Natural Resources Wales, and we'd like to see it amended.\n\n \n\n \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":1687,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2016-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2016-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2015-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":688,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/688.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Funding for the Cardi Bach Coastal Bus Service","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to re-instate the funding of the Cardi Bach coastal bus service in Ceredigion.  \n   \nFurther information - The Cardi Bach coastal bus service that runs between Cardigan and New Quay will be stopped on 30th September due to a lack of funding. The service received some funding from the Welsh Government under the Rural Development Plan 2007-2013.  \nThere has been a noticeable increase in visitors to this area, particularly walkers, since the opening of the Wales Coast Path in 2012. The coastal bus service has enabled visitors to go to the towns and villages along the route.   \nThis bus service brings custom to local businesses.  \nIt is popular with walkers on the Wales Coast Path, enabling them to enjoy linear walks.   \nIt provides both residents and visitors with an alternative to using the motor car.  \nSome rural areas will be particularly inconvenienced if the bus service ceases. For example, Cwmtydu is a popular village on the coast path, midway between New Quay and Llangrannog. If someone wanted to access a bus from here he would have to walk 4 miles to the nearest service bus route. He would have difficulty calling a taxi as there is no public phone box and the mobile phone signal is very poor.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":1205,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":671,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/671.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Save Porth Fire Station - SECONDS COST LIVES!","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to review the proposal to close Porth fire station leaving the communities of Porth 10 - 15 minutes away from the nearest fire engine located at either Tonypandy or Treforest.   \n  \nDue to the public sector cuts and the fire review cover being carried out, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has made a proposal to permanently close Porth fire station. This will leave no fire cover within the Porth community.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":5,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":660,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/660.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Cilmeri Community Council Appeal for The Prince Llywelyn Monument","background":"Due to the National importance of our Prince Llywelyn Monument we, the Community of Cilmeri call, on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to:  \n  \n• Install locational signage boards, incorporating a brown signage battlefield icon, to denote the historical significance of our village, on the A483 at both main road entrances to the village;   \n• Work in partnership with Powys County Council, Cilmeri Community Council and CADW to help maintain the famous monument, so that visitors can enjoy our national historical amenity in a safe and befitting environment;  \n• Help identify resources to implement, in a phased manner, the Lloyd Brown Interpretation Plan (January 2013), commissioned by CADW.  \n  \nAdditional Information:  \nThe interpretation plan highlights the fact that Llywelyn was the last native Welsh Prince to fall in battle, marking the effective end of the powerful dynasty of Gwynedd, which played an important role in forging a sense of Welsh nationhood and identity.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":205,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":655,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/655.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Advise schools on visits to Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm","background":"We request the Minister for Education and Skills in the Welsh Government reviews the suitability of Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm for visits from Welsh schools. We consider the zoo unsuitable because:1. It undermines the understanding of science and contradicts the national curriculum. 2. The zoo was expelled from the zoo industry body, BIAZA, in 2009.   \n  \nGoing on school trips is a vital part of our children’s learning, helping them to get hands on experience of the world around them. Teachers and parents value this, and put in a lot of time and effort to making sure that the trips they run support children’s learning and are safe. In order to do this, they rely on guidance and information. We ask that you investigate Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm immediately and make sure that all schools are made aware of the findings of the investigation.  \n  \nAdditional information:  \n1 The Department for Education 2011 - Free Schools FAQs - Curriculum:  \n“We would expect to see evolution and its foundation topics fully included in any science curriculum. We do not expect creationism, intelligent design and similar ideas to be taught as valid scientific theories in any state funded school” http://www.education.gov.uk/a0075656/free-schools-faqs-curriculum#faq5;  \n  \nhttps://humanism.org.uk/2014/02/04/alice-roberts-bha-complain-michael-gove-noahs-ark-zoo-farms-quality-badge-breaching-creationism-policy/;  \n  \nhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/08/wont-go-back-to-creationist-zoo-bristol  \n  \n2 BIAZA (2009):   \n‘Council believes that the behaviour of NAZF has brought the association into disrepute’ ™http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/8391779.stm  \n\n","additional_details":"1 The Department for Education 2011:We would expect to see evolution and its foundation topics fully included in any science curriculum. We do not expect creationism, intelligent design and similar ideas to be taught as valid scientific theories in any state funded school http://www.education.gov.uk/a0075656/free-schools-faqs-curriculum#faq5https://humanism.org.uk/2014/02/04/alice-roberts-bha-complain-michael-gove-noahs-ark-zoo-farms-quality-badge-breaching-creationism-policy/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/08/wont-go-back-to-creationist-zoo-bristol2 BIAZA (2009): ‘Council believes that the behaviour of NAZF has brought the association into disrepute’ ™http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/8391779.stm3 A poster displayed at the zoo can be seen via BBC 26/08/2009http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8223433.stm\n","state":"completed","signature_count":221,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":666,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/666.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Foresight Pathway","background":"We the undersigned , call upon The National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to safeguard the vital future health and wellbeing of the people of Wales by making food security the direct responsibility of an independent person to ensure future overview of food production. He or she must be answerable to the First Minister. The security of food production is of the first order in importance to the people of Wales. Energy already is the First Minister’s remit.  \n  \nAdditional Information:  \n  \nWhilst acknowledging the significance of safeguarding our natural environment, we earnestly believe that food production must be funded by adequate inflation proof measures, to all sectors of Welsh agriculture and included within the First Ministers remit. This would serve to address the serious malaise and lack of confidence in the future of the industry which has afflicted Welsh farming in recent years. We are convinced that making the reliability and sufficiency of food supply a central objective of Welsh Government policy will ensure national survival in the turbulent years ahead.   \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":2,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":676,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/676.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Disability Awareness Training","background":"We want to make disability awareness training compulsory across any organisation providing face to face customer service. So that staff know how to assist and support a disabled person confidently, safely, effectively and equally. The Equality Act 2010 states that all organisations should make a reasonable adjustment for a disabled person, however there are many organisations that are unsure how to do this correctly and reasonably. Therefore we would like to see a more inclusive society and a law put into place so that people are aware of disability and raise the quality of customers experiences for disabled people or currently know how to support disabled people.  \n  \nThe training should incorporate adequate time of each element of disability separately. Mental health, visual impairment, learning, hearing and physical. I recommend half day training per element. This training should be renewed every 3 years to keep up to date.   \n  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":62,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":642,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/642.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Democratically Binding Plebiscites at Local Government Level","background":"We, the undersigned, call upon the Welsh Government to legislate to allow for Welsh citizens to call plebiscites on issues at the level of Local Government, and for such votes to have the effect of, either [1] calling-in decisions made by Councils for reconsideration, or [2] allowing votes above a two-thirds majority to be democratically binding.   \n  \nAdditional Information: Plebeian Laboratories is aware of an endless number of decisions made at Local Government Level, which negatively affect the lives of citizens, but over which they have very little direct control. In recent years, Direct Democracy has gained in popularity in many countries throughout the world, not least as a means to increase civic participation and Democratic Rights. Although we do not anticipate Assembly Members voting to enact direct democracy at Welsh national level any more than turkeys would vote for Christmas, a degree of limited direct democracy at Local Government level would bring Welsh democracy to life.  \n  \n\n","additional_details":"The creation of the National Assembly for Wales has permitted Welsh citizens a limited democratic voice over decisions affecting their lives, however Plebeian Laboratories is aware of an endless number of decisions made at Local Government Level, which negatively affect the lives of citizens, but over which they have very little direct control.In recent years, Direct Democracy has gained in popularity in many countries throughout the world, not least as a means to increase civic participation and Democratic Rights. Although we do not anticipate Assembly Members voting to enact direct democracy at Welsh national level any more than turkeys would vote for Christmas, a degree of limited direct democracy at Local Government level would bring Welsh democracy to life.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":38,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":687,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/687.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Impact of Domestic Rating on Self Catering Accommodation","background":"We, the undersigned, call, upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to:   \n  \n1. Undertake a thorough review and impact assessment of the Non Domestic Rating (Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2010, with particular reference to:  \n  \na. the potential for adverse impact on new self catering tourism businesses, as they develop their marketing strategies during the first two years of trading;  \n  \nb. the critical impact of severe weather events on marketing strategies and hence occupancy rates during a particular calendar year.  \n  \n2. Have regard to the findings of such a review, specifically by instructing the Valuation Office for Non Domestic Rates in Wales to adopt a flexible and business friendly approach, including potential for the retrospective waiving of Council Tax, where there is clear evidence of a genuine case.  \n  \n3. Review its overall tourism marketing strategy, to ensure that Visit Wales registered self catering businesses are not disadvantaged by disproportionate emphasis upon coastal tourism and serviced accommodation, such as cruising and hotels.  \n  \nAs well as fostering a positive climate for new self catering business, this would also serve to create a level playing field for business with England and the other nations of the United Kingdom – and ensure that the self catering sector, so vital to the Welsh tourism economy, is no longer marginalised.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":27,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":674,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/674.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Protect the future of Funky Dragon, the Children and Young People’s Assembly for Wales","background":"We, the undersigned, call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to protect the future of Funky Dragon, the Children and Young People’s Assembly for Wales by restoring core funding. Wales must have an independent, youth led, publically funded, national platform for children and young people, democratically elected at a local level, to give voice to their views and opinions and to hold the Welsh Government to account. The national platform must be empowered to work with all elected members to further children and young people’s issues and to report directly to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child as Funky Dragon did so successfully in 2008.   \n  \nFunky Dragon still believes that:  \n1. Young people, democratically elected at a local level, should have a National Platform to voice their views and opinions.   \n2. That platform should be called The Youth Assembly for Wales.  \n3. It should be able to work with all Elected Members including Assembly Members and Members of Parliament to further young peoples issues.   \n4. It should be supported to allow Welsh young people to report directly to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.   \n  \nThe UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, in commenting on the last UK State report stated: Concluding observation 33. That governments’ ˜Support forums for children’s participation, such as the United Kingdom Youth Parliament, Funky Dragon in Wales and Youth Parliament in Scotland should be implemented.  \n\n","additional_details":"Funky Dragon still believes that:  \n1. Young people, democratically elected at a local level, should have a National Platform to voice their views and opinions.   \n2. That platform should be called The Youth Assembly for Wales.  \n3. It should be able to work with all Elected Members including Assembly Members and Members of Parliament to further young peoples issues.   \n4. It should be supported to allow Welsh young people to report directly to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.   \n  \nThe UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, in commenting on the last UK State report stated: Concluding observation 33. That governments’ ˜Support forums for children’s participation, such as the United Kingdom Youth Parliament, Funky Dragon in Wales and Youth Parliament in Scotland should be implemented.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":1212,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2017-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":684,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/684.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Fair Funding for Local Government","background":"UNISON Neath Port Talbot Branch call for the Welsh Government to reconsider the proposed budget cuts of up to -4.5% to Local Government funding. Local Government budgets are at breaking point and any further cuts will have a devastating effect on local services which the most vulnerable of society rely upon.Cuts to local government services will put further pressure on an already over-loaded NHS. These cuts are short sighted and the funds that are being diverted from local government to the NHS will not have the desired effect.Local government social services has a positive effect on keeping people out of hospital and maintaining these services is imperative in order to ease pressures on the NHS.\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":180,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":679,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/679.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Reduce the Number of Councillors and Executive Members in Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to instruct the Local Government Boundary Commission to review the number of Councillors and Executive Members for Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council with a view to reducing their numbers.  \n   \nAdditional Information: Blaenau Gwent has more Councillors per head of population and more Executive Members than neighbouring Councils. Independent Members of the council put in a proposal to the council to reduce the number of executive members to 6 or 7. The Labour ruling council refused this. These savings could reopen the local toilets. Blaenau Gwent has 42 councillors and 10 executive members and the population is 69300, giving a count of 1 councillor for 1611 people. Merthyr Tydfil has 33 councillors and 7 executive members and the population is 58800 giving a count of 1 councillor for 1781 people. Caerphilly has 72 councillors and 10 executive members and the population is 178800 giving a count of 1 councillor for 2384 people.   \n   \nEach Blaenau Gwent Councillor has the lowest population per councillor rate in Wales. Blaenau Gwent council has made staff redundant in all areas of the council but are not prepared to lower their head count when they are clearly over the amount needed. Can the Welsh Government look into this and force the council to reduce their numbers in order to save money and services in Blaenau Gwent.  \n\n","additional_details":"Each Blaenau Gwent Councillor has the lowest population per councillor rate in Wales. Blaenau Gwent council have made staff redundant in all areas of the council but are not prepared to lower their head count when they are clearly over the amount needed. Can the Welsh Government look into this and force the council to reduce their numbers in order to save money and services in Blaenau Gwent.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":34,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":null,"topics":[]}}]}