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First Minister to make annual statement on the importance of fathers AND what the Welsh Government has done to help them in the past 12 months.   \n4.Encourage improved shared care of children to allow more parents (particularly single parents) to take up training or employment programmes.   \n5. Recognition of Parental Alienation as a form of emotional abuse of children.   \n6.Establish a work group under the Family Justice Network for Wales to co-ordinate improved collaboration for those organisations who hold the DWP’s Help and Support for Separated Families (HSSF) Mark in Wales.  \n\n","additional_details":"1. Welsh Government has confirmed family support services are not currently asked to record the gender of the parents they work with.  \n2. Our research with parenting initiatives in Wales shows the average engagement level is between 3 and 11% of service users being male.   \n3. The precedent is from the USA: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/14/weekly-address-celebrating-fathers-day-weekend  \n4. Several US states require the ’right of first refusal’ to non-resident parents and grandparents for them to undertake child care: http://ilfamilylaw.com/new-law-right-first-refusal-child-care/ In Illinois they equate ’the best interests of the child’ with ’maximum time with both parents’.   \n5. The Family Justice Network for Wales rejected our call to recognise Parental Alienation as a form of emotional abuse of children in May 20146.The DWP have confirmed their support for this proposal and Albert Heaney Chair of the FJN has also indicated his support.  \n\n","state":"completed","signature_count":588,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","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":663,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/663.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Changes to A494/A470 Junction Dolgellau","background":"In the six weeks since the completion of changes to the junction of the A494/A470 at Dolgellau there have been three serious road traffic collisions, two fatalities, two seriously injured and two ˜minor injuries”. Many people have expressed concerns locally and with the coming summer holidays and an increase to the traffic at this junction there are likely to be more such incidents. We call on the Welsh Government to consider, urgently, changes to this junction before more lives are lost or changed for the worse.  \n  \nAdditional Information: This junction has always caused concern but in the six weeks of the changes people are very wary of using it and ’locals’ change their routes to avoid it when possible. The deaths and injuries are a needless waste of life and lives will be saved if a clearer system is in place, maybe a small roundabout or at least, in the short term, additional signage.  \n\n","additional_details":"This junction has always caused concern but in the six weeks of the changes people are very wary of using it and ’locals’ change their routes to avoid it when possible. The deaths and injuries are a needless waste of life and lives will be saved if a clearer system is in place, maybe a small roundabout or at least, in the short term, additional signage. \\*\\*\\*Start Date for Petition although not workable is to show the urgency of the situation and the need to begin this process as soon as possible.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":1288,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","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":636,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/636.json"},"attributes":{"action":"A Dedicated Support Team for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.),Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia Sufferers in South East Wales","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to ensure that a dedicated Consultant/Clinic and medical support team for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia sufferers is set up in South East Wales. I request that this petition be treated as an official voice of M.E. sufferers, their families, carers and interested parties.  \n  \nCurrently, sufferers of the above ailments are not being supported, with a few exceptions, by the medical profession. They are unable to work but the government bodies assessing them do not appear to understand their problems. This is the basis for this petition.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":368,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","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":659,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/659.json"},"attributes":{"action":"All NHS Wales staff to be Paid at Least the Hourly Living Wage Rate of £7.65.","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to recognise the vital work undertaken by staff working for the NHS in Wales, and urge the Welsh Government to implement the recommendation made by the NHS pay review body, and ensure that all NHS Wales staff are paid at least the hourly living wage rate of £7.65.  \n  \nAdditional Information: NHS staff do some of the hardest jobs in the world – saving lives, caring for people, and helping us stay healthy. It is essential that NHS staff are rewarded appropriately for the work that they do as they are undeniably worth it. The UK government has decided not to implement the recommendation made by the Pay Review Body (PRB) and UNISON believes that this is an insult to staff in England. We believe that the National Assembly and the Welsh Government should do all they can to stand up for NHS workers in Wales, and that must include awarding staff the PRB recommendation and ensuring staff are paid at least an hourly living wage rate.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":174,"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":"2014-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","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":652,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/652.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Wales Planning Bill to Protect Town and Village Greens in Wales.","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to legislate to ensure that the public and their needs for public open space in Wales is favoured against private developers, land bankers and Local authority Local development plans.  \n  \nBecause the notion of accessible open space in Wales used for sports, recreation and pastimes for over 20 years should be protected and enhanced in the public interest for the citizens in Wales. The guidance and law should reflect the importance of town and village greens to the many communities in Wales.\n","additional_details":"Because the notion of accessible open space in Wales used for sports, recreation and pastimes for over 20 years should be protected and enhanced in the public interest for the citizens in Wales. The guidance and law should reflect the importance of town and village greens to the many communities in Wales.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":19,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","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":629,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/629.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Ban all Growing and Selling of all GM seeds / Foods and Animal / Fish Feed in Wales","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to establish, as far as that is consistent with EU law, an Act banning all GM food, plants and seeds from being grown and sold in Wales, as well as GMO used in all animal, game and fish feed. Food sovereignty and health is a crucial issue to the future of Wales and the world and is something that will further positively distinguish Welsh food products in the worldwide market. As presented by the great work done by GM Free Cymru and by key scientists such as Irina Ermakova, Professor Vyvyan Howard and Malcolm Hooper, Dr Stanley Ewen, Dr Arpad Pusztai, Manuela Malatesta and colleagues at the Universities of Pavia and Urbino in Italy to name a few, there is now overwhelming evidence available about the inherent dangers of GM foods.\n","additional_details":"GM Cymru’s Dr Brian John states that \"The European Commission appears to be intent upon issuing one contentious GM authorization after another, basing its decisions upon highly selective and biased research by the applicants themselves, and taking guidance from a despised European food safety authority which has lost the confidence of NGO’s and consumer groups across Europe\". Politicians are blindly promoting the merits of the large biotechnology companies such as Monsanto in spite of massive opposing public and scientific voices. Patenting nature and intervening through genetic engineering is also an act against nature itself and brings in to question morality, ethics, natural and human rights. An increasing number of countries such as Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Japan, Switzerland, the Basque country and Peru, to name but a few, are now expelling the chemical and bio tech giant Monsanto and eliminating all GM crops, seed, plants and foods from their country.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":13,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","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":648,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/648.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Much Needed Change to the Rules in our Schools with Regards to Head Lice and Nits","background":"There needs to be a change in the rules with regards to Head Lice in school children. Currently school staff are not permitted to point out, even to the offending child’s parent, who it is in the class has Head Lice and a generic letter is just handed out. Why can’t a parent, whose child is visibly infected and infecting a class, be informed and asked to collect said child. This child should then be kept off school until they have been deemed clear by a member of staff to return as they do in some schools in the US! If a child vomits in school, they are sent home immediately. Head Lice are just as infectious and cause just as much distress to our children. This can be done discreetly, nobody has to know. Unless the parent themselves choose to share the information. It is not a violation of anybody’s human rights, if anything it would protect the children of us who are diligent and care, and subsequently spending a lot of money to treat our children to no avail!\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":31,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","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":643,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/643.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Restrictions on Donating Blood","background":"Giving blood is a very honourable and helpful thing for someone to do in this country to help out people in desperate need of it. However, not everyone is eligible to donate blood, some for reasons that are very understandable, but there is one reason that it not understandable at all. Homosexual men are not allowed to give blood if they have engaged in sexual intercourse with someone within the last year, it is wrong and unfair. The NHS is worried about getting blood infected with HIV/AIDS, however, anyone can contract AIDS, not only homosexuals, all the blood is processed and tested before offering it anyway, so there is no reason why a homosexual man should have to remain abstinent for a year in order to do a noble act. This inequality needs to end now and we must allow people of all sexual orientations the option to donate blood.\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":83,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","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":641,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/641.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Opposition to cuts in provision for learners of English as an Additional Language","background":"We, the undersigned, call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to reconsider its cuts to pupils acquiring English as an Additional Language (EAL) in schools. Additional funding is required to prevent the marginalisation of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds in schools through specialist support which aims to raise educational standards and ensure equality of opportunity for all.  \n  \nThe reduction in the MEAG grant impacts exclusively upon ethnic minority pupils at a time when unprecedented numbers of EAL learners are in our schools. Lack of consultation fails to examine the scale, scope and impact of our support upon individuals, their families and whole school achievement.  \n  \n\n","additional_details":"The reduction in the MEAG grant impacts exclusively upon ethnic minority pupils at a time when unprecedented numbers of EAL learners are in our schools. Lack of consultation fails to examine the scale, scope and impact of our support upon individuals, their families and whole school achievement.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":37,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","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":1011,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/1011.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Bus Services in Burryport","background":"​We the undersigned, request that the direct service from Burryport to Prince Philip Hospital be reinstated with immediate effect.\n\n \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":572,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2016-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2016-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2015-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","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":1010,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/1010.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Noise Mitigation Works on the M4 to the West of Junction 32","background":"​We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to take action to reduce the noise from the M4 motorway to the west of junction 32 as it passes over the valley of the river Taff\n\n \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":19,"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":"2014-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2015-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","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":366,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/366.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Allow Children in Wales to Have a Family Holiday During Term Time","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to review the guidance to Local Authorities on head teachers being able to authorise absence for family holidays during term time. Many families from poor backgrounds can only afford to go on holiday during term time, as holidays are about 60% more expensive during the holiday period. Also, many families where parents work are unable to take time off during the school holidays. Holidays can be extremely educational, giving the children awareness of the world in which we live. \n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":1008,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2020-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","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":365,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/365.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Call in All Opencast Mining Planning Applications","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to call in all opencast mining planning applications over 10 years duration or over 350 hectares in size because the implications of these developments are far reaching and long standing with effects beyond the immediate locality. \n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":6630,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2020-04-29T19:58:05.548Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":"2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","archived_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","submitted_on_paper":false,"submitted_on":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"debate":{"debated_on":"2018-06-27","transcript_url":"https://record.assembly.wales/Plenary/4995#A44471","video_url":"http://www.senedd.tv/en/4995?startPos=10754&l=en","debate_pack_url":"","overview":"The petition was debated on 27 June 2018"},"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":363,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/363.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Treating Pernicious Anaemia","background":"We call on the Welsh Government to change the way Pernicious Anaemia is treated away from the current one-size-fits-all format towards a regimen based on the patient’s individual needs and where the patient is offered a choice of how he or she receives their replacement therapy B12 including self-administered injections.  \n  \nAdditional Information: The usually prescribed treatment of Pernicious Anaemia is one injection every three months. For a great many patients this is totally inadequate. Some doctors will prescribe more frequent injections but where this isn’t the case patients are sourcing B12 injections from various sources including the internet which is unsatisfactory. They then inject themselves without any training and without using antiseptic wipes or lockable sharps bins.  \n\n","additional_details":"The usually prescribed treatment of Pernicious Anaemia is one injection every three months. For a great many patients this is totally inadequate. Some doctors will prescribe more frequent injections but where this isn’t the case patients are sourcing B12 injections from various sources including the internet which is unsatisfactory. They then inject themselves without any training and without using antiseptic wipes or lockable sharps bins.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":91,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","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":364,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/364.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Reinstate Funding to the Real Opportunities Project","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to reinstate funding to the Real Opportunities project previously funded by the European Social Fund in Wales, or some new similar project that has the same values as Real Opportunities. The project is vital to helping 14-19 year olds with a learning disability or autistic spectrum disorder to gain life skills and independence.  \n  \nAdditional Information:  \nThe Real Opportunities project enables 14-19 year olds with a learning disability or Autism Spectrum Disorder to develop skills vital for their transition into a college education as well as enabling them to transition into the world of work and develop basic life skills vital to their independence. The project has helped over 1700 young adults with learning disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder and has helped train over 1000 peer mentors with the intention of increasing the levels of integration between mainstream school pupils and those in a special needs unit. The values of this project are vital to these young people who at the start may have little or no awareness of personal hygiene etc and at the end are self aware of their personal hygiene and have completed Agored Cymru qualifications that they would otherwise be unable to do.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":251,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","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":360,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/360.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Stop National Tests for Primary School Children","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to remove national tests for primary school children.  \n  \nAdditional Information: I believe that National Tests for Primary School children cause unnecessary stress and anxiety in young children. Children should feel nurtured and positive in their attitude to school, not pressured and anxious about doing well in an unrealistic exam environment that only rewards those who perform well under such conditions, and punishes those who do not. To set children against one another and force them to consider the consequences of ’failure’ at such a young age is cruel. The National Tests are also widely condemned by teaching professionals as an ineffective motivating and measurement tool that does not work in determining a young child’s potential and current state of knowledge.  \n\n","additional_details":"I believe that the Welsh Assembly National Tests for Primary School children cause unnecessary stress and anxiety in young children. Children should feel nurtured and positive in their attitude to school, not pressured and anxious about doing well in an unrealistic exam environment that only rewards those who perform well under such conditions, and punishes those who do not. To set children against one another and force them to consider the consequences of ’failure’ at such a young age is cruel. The National Tests are also widely condemned by teaching professionals as an ineffective motivating and measurement tool that does not work in determining a young child’s potential and current state of knowledge.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":123,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","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":361,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/361.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Inequitable Access to Treatments That Have Not Been Nationally Appraised in NHS Wales","background":"We the undersigned call on the National Assembly for Wales to review the use of the \"exceptionality rule\" in determining whether a patient can access a treatment through the Individual Patient Funding Request process.  \n  \nAdditional Information: To access treatments through the IPFR process, a patient population must demonstrate its exceptionality. For common illnesses, it may be possible to identify a subset of patients within the larger population who are more likely to respond to a particular therapy. For rare disease patients, demonstrating that you are a unique patient when you are part of a small group of patients whose condition is considered rare is practically impossible. The exceptionality criteria place an onus on clinicians to provide evidence that the patient’s clinical condition is significantly different to the general population of patients with the same condition and is likely to gain significantly more benefit from the intervention than might normally be expected. This evidence requirement is too onerous to apply to patients with rare diseases due to small patient numbers within rare disease populations. Patients with great clinical need are prevented from accessing life-changing/ life-saving treatments.  \n\n","additional_details":"To access treatments through the IPFR process, a patient population must demonstrate its exceptionality. For common illnesses, it may be possible to identify a subset of patients within the larger population who are more likely to respond to a particular therapy. For rare disease patients, demonstrating that you are a unique patient when you are part of a small group of patients whose condition is considered rare is practically impossible. The exceptionality criteria place an onus on clinicians to provide evidence that the patient’s clinical condition is significantly different to the general population of patients with the same condition and is likely to gain significantly more benefit from the intervention than might normally be expected. This evidence requirement is too onerous to apply to patients with rare diseases due to small patient numbers within rare disease populations. Patients with great clinical need are prevented from accessing life-changing/ life-saving treatments.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":455,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","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":362,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/362.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Call on the Welsh Government to Investigate the Residential Leasehold System in Wales.","background":"We the undersigned call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to instigate an investigation into the way in which the residential leasehold system is operating in Wales despite the changes made by the Leasehold Reform Act and to consider whether there should be a cap on increases to leasehold agreements in Wales.  \n  \nAdditional Information: This petition has been submitted in light of the fear that residents on the Elba estate in Gowerton are currently experiencing, due to the demands of up to 5000% increases in annual ground rent that Swansea Council are demanding of these leaseholders.\n","additional_details":"This petition has been submitted in light of the fear that residents on the Elba estate in Gowerton are currently experiencing, due to the demands of up to 5000% increases in annual ground rent that Swansea Council are demanding of these 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properties that have recently flooded to fund work to make them more resilient to future flooding. \n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":88,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","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":355,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/355.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Public Inquiry into ABMU Health 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Due to public sector cut backs and a recent review carried out by the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, we are faced with the prospect of only having one fire engine for the whole of the Pontypridd area.\n\nThe proposal is to get rid of a fire engine and the team that serve the growing population of Pontypridd\n\n \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":9000,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2016-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2016-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2015-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","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":339,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/339.json"},"attributes":{"action":"A Fair Deal for Welsh Students","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh government to address growing commercialisation and introduce an open and transparent system to scrutinise the standards of service to students and value for public money offered by the Higher Education sector in Wales, and to ensure changes in service levels are subject to public consultation. To include: 1. A Welsh student complaints process with compulsory compensation, greater transparency and accountability than the current English scheme. 2. The teaching aspect of Higher Education Institutions should be subject to similar standards and safeguards as schools and colleges. 3. Statutory regulation, the Quality Assurance Agency as a registered charity with no powers of intervention is no longer fit for purpose. 4. The Letter of Understanding between the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales to provide value for money should include public complaint via the Welsh Audit Office. 5. An effective Whistle Blower process.\n","additional_details":"With deregulation and massive increase in tuition fees, student vulnerabilities and rights as consumers has failed to keep up with the commercialisation of Higher Education Institutions as Charity Companies. Student loans are one of the biggest financial commitments facing young people and could last a lifetime making students vulnerable. Higher Education Institutions while in receipt of public money are not in the public sector they are autonomous, staff cannot be charged with misconduct in public office. Standards should match those being brought into place in other institutions and services to provide a balance between autonomy and accountability. The Welsh Government should uphold the law and clarify its legal right to speak out against failing Universities to avoid political interference or the concealment of maladministration; any institution failing to comply with its articles of government or Royal Charter should not be in receipt of public money or allowed to trade.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":18,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","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":1034,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/1034.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Restoration of Inpatient Beds, Minor Injuries Cover and X-Ray Unit to the Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital","background":"​Until the Health Minister has had time to consider Prof Marcus Longley’s recommendations on rural healthcare in Wales - a study that was commissioned by the Minister himself in January of this year - we, the undersigned, call on the National Assembly of Wales to urge the Welsh Labour Government to delay decision on Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s Business Case aimed at downgrading our Memorial Hospital to a mere ‘Memorial Centre’.\n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":2754,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2016-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2016-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","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":358,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/358.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Promotion of Grassroots Rugby in Wales to Encourage Take-Up of the Sport.","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to collaborate with the Welsh Rugby Union to encourage growth in the participation of the sport in Wales across all genders and age grades; to encourage partnerships with other relevant organisations to ensure maximum exposure to the sport at grassroots level and to demonstrate that the sport is not elitist but open to all.  \n  \nAdditional Information: There is virtually no coverage of rugby games below regional level in Wales. We know that clubs are struggling for players and funding and better coverage in all areas will encourage take-up of the game by people of all ages and across all genders, both prospective players and supporters. It will also give better coverage to sponsors and therefore make it easier for clubs to attract this kind of funding.  \n\n","additional_details":"There is very little coverage of rugby games below regional level in Wales. We have heard that clubs are struggling for players and funding and better coverage will encourage take-up of the game by people of all ages and across both genders. It will also give better coverage to sponsors and therefore make it easier for clubs to attract this kind of funding.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":334,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","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":352,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/352.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Provision of IBD Services in Wales","background":"We, the undersigned, call upon National Assembly for Wales to encourage the Welsh Government to continue its commitment to improving standards of treatment and care for people with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, through the development of a gastroenterology delivery plan. This will ensure that people with these conditions receive the highest standards of care wherever they are in Wales.\"  \n  \nAdditional information - Standards of care for people with Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis have improved in Wales, following the launch of the Standards for the Healthcare of People who have Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in the Welsh Assembly in 2009. However, an independent audit of IBD care has shown that quality has not risen as quickly as other UK countries.   \nThere is therefore a need to encourage further improvement through the development of a Gastroenterology Delivery Plan, which will address variation and ensure that basic standards of treatment are being met.  \n  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":664,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","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":350,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/350.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Secondary School Awareness of Self-Harm","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to put in place more educational programmes (specifically in Secondary Schools) to counteract many people’s misunderstanding of self-harm.   \nA growing issue amongst teenagers in Wales, 43% of people know somebody who has self-harmed according to a BBC survey. In the same survey, it was reported that 41% think that self-harm is selfish.   \n  \nAdditional Information: Due to the sheer volume of occurrences in self-harm among teenagers in Wales, I feel that there should be more awareness and approachability of the subject. Why should a teenager suffer in silence? This is why I believe that as a country we should provide more substantial resources for a sufferer to find free assistance in battling self-harm.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":12,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","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":353,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/353.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Caernarfon Heritage Centre","background":"We the undersigned call on the Welsh Government to fund a Heritage Centre in Caernarfon. The town deserves a centre to display its history and the history of its people, its industries, its language and its arts in an engaging building purpose-built in Caernarfon as a home for the treasures taken from it.   \n  \nClose to 1,000 people—residents of Caernarfon and district and visitors to the area—are calling for a resource of this nature in what is one of Wales’s most ancient and significant towns. Visitors who take one of my tours around Caernarfon—www.drodre.co—ask, ‘Where is the Town Museum?, to which the answer is that the town no longer possesses such a thing! This news is met with universal astonishment, given that history surrounds one at every turn. \n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":0,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","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":341,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/341.json"},"attributes":{"action":"E-CIGARETTE BAN FOR UNDER 18s","background":"We the undersigned residents of Wales call on Welsh Government to ban E-Cigarettes for under 18s   \n  \nE-cigarettes have become simple and easy to buy from shops or petrol stations and under 18s get addicted with nicotine. I believe this will create more under age smokers and increase smokers in Wales.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":11,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","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":335,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/335.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Valuation Tribunal Service","background":"We, the undersigned, call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge Welsh Government to undertake a full review of the procedures, management and administration of the Valuation Tribunal Service for Wales and to produce an effective, transparent and accountable service for the people of Wales.\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":13,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","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":1013,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/1013.json"},"attributes":{"action":"A campaign to secure CARDIGAN HOSPITAL","background":"​\n\nWe sign this petition to show our support for CARDIGAN TOWN COUNCIL and CARDIGAN\n\nHOSPITAL & COMMUNITY LEAGUE OF FRIENDS who are calling on Hywel Dda Health Board to:\n\n(a) overturn the recent decision to close all in-patient beds in Cardigan Community Hospital;\n\n(b) provide a clear timetable regarding future health provision in the Cardigan area;\n\n(c) proceed with plans to provide a new Cardigan Hospital, with beds, as soon as possible.\n\n \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":0,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2015-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","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":337,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/337.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Revive disused railway lines for leisure","background":"The Welsh Government should look turning the hundreds of miles of disused railway lines (axed under Beeching) into high quality cycle/walk ways.The lines cover the whole of Wales and this scheme would: encourage healthy activities and lifestyle; provide a safe way to travel for those who want a green alternative; provide safe cycling for children and encourage use for going to school, clubs etc; reduce traffic on our roads; boost Welsh tourism especially by cyclists and walkers; enable the establishment of a vast number of varied, small businesses along the routes - shops, B&B etc. Rural areas will benefit. The potential good for the health of the population of Wales and its economy is unlimited and the return in this investment can be understood before it even starts.\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":14,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","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":357,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/357.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Review the School Admissions Code","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to review the School Admissions Code as it is not fit for purpose.  \n  \nThe School Admissions Code is not fit for purpose because:  \n• It plays lip service to the United Nations Rights of the Child as there is no requirement to consult with children in decisions that affect them;  \n• It plays lip service to the Equality Act as there is no requirement to undertake an Equality Impact Assessment;  \n• It is not prescriptive enough so leads to differences in implementation, some good, some bad;  \n• There is very restricted rights of Appeal for Parents and Governing Bodies to Welsh Government in particular Governing Bodies who are considered statutory consultees and yet are restricted to very specific circumstances in which they can appeal;  \n• The wording within the School Admissions Code is ambiguous and is not easy to penetrate by those who are forced to use it;   \n• The School Admissions Code does not define “reasonable” with regards to Consultation periods;   \n• The School Admissions Code, for all of the above reasons, is not appropriate when dealing with significant changes such as changes to catchment areas.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":156,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","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":347,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/347.json"},"attributes":{"action":"No to Junction  41 closure","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government not to close Junction 41 of the M4 for the following reasons: 1. The closure will negatively impact the town centre traders and businesses.2. The closure will cause traffic chaos in the town as residents try to access the motorway. 3. There has been insufficient consultation with the townspeople.4. Further research is needed into alternative solutions.5. The new train station cannot be a transport hub if it is not easily accessible.6. It will adversely affect the town redevelopment.  \n  \nAdditional Text: Again, the needs of motorists have been prioritised over those of the people of Port Talbot. The town was desecrated when the motorway was originally built through the heart of the town and now we are expected to suffer the pollution whilst traffic passes through our town on the way to somewhere else! The motorway, not the Steelworks, is the town’s biggest polluter, and yet we who breathe it in will be unable to gain access to it. Plans to reroute the town’s traffic through the streets will add to traffic pollution and bring chaos. People of the town understand the issues with the motorway but demand real consultation on options and alternatives. Please give us a chance to protect our town.  \n  \n\n","additional_details":": Again, the needs of motorists have been prioritised over those of the people of Port Talbot. The town was desecrated when the motorway was originally built through the heart of the town and now we are expected to suffer the pollution whilst traffic passes through our town on the way to somewhere else! The motorway, not the Steelworks, is the town’s biggest polluter, and yet we who breathe it in will be unable to gain access to it. Plans to reroute the town’s traffic through the streets will add to traffic pollution and bring chaos. People of the town understand the issues with the motorway but demand real consultation on options and alternatives. Please give us a chance to protect our town.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":1654,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","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":331,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/331.json"},"attributes":{"action":"A full and independent investigation in to the health risks of wireless and mobile phone technologies in Wales including all schools.","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to conduct a full and independent investigation in to the effects of Electro Magnetic Fields created and emitted by wireless technologies, phone masts, mobile phones and other frequency emitters and domestic appliances on the health and general well being of humans and the natural world. There is now an enormous body of evidence demonstrating that the bombardment of modern traffic in electro magnetic fields can be harmful, causing DNA and cellular damage, having an impact on immune function and causing an increased risk of cancer and a loss of fertility - with children being especially susceptible to these threats.\n","additional_details":"The Council of Europe,World Health Organization, International Agency for UK Trades Union Congress (TUC), European Environment Agency, International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety and the Russian, German and Israeli governments are all asking for these health risks to be addressed and for practical measures such as hard wiring in schools to be introduced instead of Wi Fi. The Welsh Government could also lead in this area and protect the future health of all Welsh citizens by conducting their own independent research as well as consulting with independent organisations such as Powerwatch and WiFiinschools who provide a vast amount of research and strongly advise that the precautionary principle be followed.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":11,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","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":330,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/330.json"},"attributes":{"action":"An official Welsh Government policy that prohibits non transparent training organisations from working within  public bodies.","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to form an official policy that prohibits non transparent training organisations, consultancies and charities from operating within the Welsh Government, civil service, local Government and within public funded bodies in Wales in general; in the form of in house training or otherwise. Unaccountable training organisations, consultancies and charities using public money should be refrained from any such activity without being fully transparent and providing full disclosure of what their courses entails and what the cost is to the tax payer and to the public in general. A full list of such training programmes should include ones that cater for career and personal development and advancement as well as ones not directly related to the person’s employment. This full disclosure policy for public bodies in Wales would reinforce the Welsh Government’s commitment to transparency and openness. \n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":10,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","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":329,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/329.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Stop the unethical and draconian proposed compulsory microchipping of dogs","background":"We call on the Welsh Assembly to urge the Welsh Government to stop their proposed planned compulsory microchipping of dogs. Microchipping of dogs has not been proven to be more effective, cheaper or kinder to dogs. It has proven to be far more expensive than normal methods such as tattooing or permanent tags, is intrusive and brings in to question basic animal rights and ethics. There is also increasing evidence that chips can cause cancer in animals. A collar with a tag is by far the easiest and most effective way of reuniting a dog and its owner- anyone who can read can use this system. According to campaign groups such as ChipMeNot, there would also be a real environmental impact from microchips due to the chips themselves, the need for readers, batteries for each reader, the computers to administer the database and so on. \n","additional_details":"The Control of Dogs Act 1992 already requires a collar on a dog in a public place. Micro chipping will not make dogs or people safer. However micro-chipping is a big business and there are huge profits to be made. Many of the veterinary corporations and animal charities that are in favour of dog chipping stand to make a lot of money from the chipping of dogs. The compulsory micro chipping of dogs is both draconian and out of touch. Charging owners for micro chips and ongoing database updates as well as the additional manpower costs for local authorities to enforce such a policy make a mockery of claims to be concerned with unnecessary expenditure in a time of austerity. It is worth noting that dog chipping is both a Westminster policy and part of the wider European Union agenda to chip and log in databases every living thing, which raises serious questions of principles, morality and ethics. Wales should take this opportunity to reject this draconian and immoral policy. \n","state":"completed","signature_count":11,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","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":356,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/356.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Basic First Aid To Be Taught In Schools","background":"We, the undersigned, hereby call upon the Welsh Government to make it compulsory for all pupils in their GCSE years to undergo basic First Aid training.   \n  \nWe believe that first aid is an essential life saving skill that every young person has the right to have and as such should become a compulsory part of secondary education. Being trained in first aid can carry a lot of responsibility but has a lot of benefits. In dangerous situations first aid training can make the difference between life or death. So just knowing how to put someone in the recovery position or even by calling an ambulance effectively can save lives.  \n\n","additional_details":"We believe that first aid is an essential life saving skill that every young person has the right to have and as such should become a compulsory part of secondary education.Being trained in first aid can carry a lot of responsibility but has a lot of benefits. In dangerous situations first aid training can make the difference between life or death. So just knowing how to put someone in the recovery position or even by calling an ambulance effectively can save lives. \n","state":"completed","signature_count":11,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","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":336,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/336.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Child Protection","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to review and strengthen child protection criteria and consider establishing a regulatory body for Wales. This should aim to ensure that those who have charge of children, whether that’s in schools, youth clubs, charities where children are the main focus, or people coming into contact or being invited in as patrons, governors, ambassadors, public servants or anybody appointed by children’s charities are assessed as to their suitability to work with and around children.  \n  \nAdditional information: As it stands, local and county councillors and people appointed as ambassadors or Chairs of children’s charities do not undergo DBS checks. Most of these people get open door access to children because of their position. In the light of the Jimmy Saville affair and the Ian Watkins affair, will the Welsh Assembly now recognise that we can no longer blindly accept people on the basis of their celebrity or social position and allow them access to children.  \n\n","additional_details":"As it stands local and county councillors and people appointed as ambassadors or chairs of children’s charities do not undergo CRB checks. Most of these people get open door access to children because of their position. In the light of the Jimmy Saville affair and the Ian Watkins affair will the Welsh Assembly now recognise that we can no longer blindly accept people on the basis of their celebrity or social position and allow them access to children. \n","state":"completed","signature_count":40,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","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":1012,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/1012.json"},"attributes":{"action":"The Reintroduction of Welsh Classes in Rennes","background":"​\n\nWe are visitors from Brittany and we would like the National Assembly for Wales to discuss the reintroduction of Welsh classes in Rennes University.\n\n \n\n \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":14,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2015-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","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":346,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/346.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Planning Powers","background":"We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to investigate how devolved planning powers could be used to bring vacant or derelict sites of land into beneficial use\".   \n  \nWe are especially concerned that vacant or derelict sites like the former Kwik Save site in St Mellons, Cardiff can become a blight upon communities and attract anti-social behaviour.   \n  \nWe wish the investigation to consider whether current powers to take action against landowners of vacant or derelict land are adequate, including the potential to compel owners to take action at their own expense to remove eyesores or derelict structures.   \n  \nWe call for an investigation to take place before the proposed Planning Bill is passed by the Assembly.  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":41,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","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":343,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/343.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Make ’Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau’ the Official Welsh National Anthem","background":"January 2016 will mark the 150th anniversary of the composition of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau by Evan and James James of Pontypridd. December 16th 2015 will be the centenary of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau being used as Wales’ anthem at sporting events. For the first time ever the players and crowd sang an anthem before an international match. This would become a staple tradition of international sporting events across the world. But it all started in the old Arms Park because Wales wanted to mitigate the infamous haka used by New Zealand. Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau became our battle cry and we won the game 3-0.Now, it is time to make this battle cry the official Welsh national anthem.\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":1012,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","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":354,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/354.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Ban the Shooting of Greenland White-fronted Geese","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to reverse their decision not to ban the shooting of an endangered species, the Greenland White-fronted goose, meaning that Wales remains the only country on the flight path of this endangered species where they can still be legally shot and killed. Scientific evidence has shown that the species is extremely vulnerable to hunting pressures. In their consultation report, the Welsh Government also admit that failure to take appropriate steps to reduce as far as possible Greenland White-fronted geese adult mortality could be seen as a failure to meet conservation obligations. Unlike Scotland, Ireland, Iceland and Greenland there is no current ban on the shooting and killing of this endangered bird in Wales. A voluntary ban is in place on part of the Dyfi estuary in Wales but there is evidence that the geese also use other areas away from the estuary in mid and North Wales where no voluntary agreements are in place.   \n  \nThe population of these geese, as a whole, is declining and they have been of conservation concern since the late 1970s when sharp declines triggered protection from hunting on their wintering grounds. They receive heavy statutory protection. However, since the mid 1990s the population has again declined sharply. While WOS has acknowledged that long running voluntary bans on shooting are in place at some wetlands such as the Dyfi Estuary, it believes that nothing less than a statutory ban on shooting will ensure its protection. The society is concerned that any voluntary ban could be lifted at any time and that the current approach does not cover all the sites where this declining subspecies spends the winter.  \n\n","additional_details":"The population of these geese, as a whole, is declining and they have been of conservation concern since the late 1970s when sharp declines triggered protection from hunting on their wintering grounds. They receive heavy statutory protection. However, since the mid 1990s the population has again declined sharply. While WOS has acknowledged that long running voluntary bans on shooting are in place at some wetlands such as the Dyfi Estuary, it believes that nothing less than a statutory ban on shooting will ensure its protection. The society is concerned that any voluntary ban could be lifted at any time and that the current approach does not cover all the sites where this declining subspecies spends the winter. \n","state":"completed","signature_count":3740,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2014-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2014-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","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":344,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/344.json"},"attributes":{"action":"No Increase to University Tuition Fees","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government not to increase tuition fees for Welsh students for a minimum of five years.\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":22,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","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":345,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/345.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Practical Opportunities for Young People","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to provide more opportunities for unemployed young people to undertake voluntary work to help them develop new skills, particularly skills that are more practical in nature.  \n  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":32,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","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":351,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/351.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Support for the Mentrau Iaith (Language Initiatives)","background":"We call on the Assembly to ask the Welsh Government:  \n  \nto congratulate the Mentrau Iaith for their innovative work in promoting the use of the Welsh language across Wales;  \n  \nto confirm that the Mentrau are a key partner for the Government in the context of implementing its Welsh-language strategy;  \n  \nto provide a prompt response to Cardiff University’s survey of the Mentrau’r work, ensuring that the funding that is given to them is a fair reflection of the scale of the task that they face – while accepting that the amount of money that is available to them needs to be increased substantially;   \n  \nto accept that there is a need for consistency between the Mentrau in terms of funding and that the current inconsistency needs to be addressed;  \n  \nto fund Mentrau Iaith Cymru fairly, ensuring that it can play a full role in co-ordinating the work of the Mentrau and providing them with assistance and guidance;  \n  \nto ensure that the Welsh-language standards compel Welsh local authorities to support the work of the Mentrau and to ensure that the authorities work closely with the Mentrau;  \n  \nto play a full role in providing strategic guidance in the context of community planning.  \n\n","additional_details":"We submit this petition in light of uncertainty regarding the support that the Mentrau Iaith receive from central Government and local government. In light of the review, we believe that urgent action needs to be taken to ensure that the Mentrau Iaith can develop their work. This period of financial cuts has caused difficulties for the Mentrau Iaith, as local authorities in some parts of Wales have reduced the support that they give to the Mentrau Iaith. In several parts of Wales, the Mentrau Iaith provide Welsh-language services that are not available through the local authorities. It is our view that local authorities need to view the Mentrau Iaith as being critical to the way that they develop Welsh-speaking communities and the Welsh language in communities. To work effectively, the Mentrau Iaith need adequate support from central Government and a duty needs to be placed on local authorities to support them. This can be done through the Welsh-language standards. By obtaining that support, the Mentrau Iaith will be able to work effectively to develop their work in communities. \n","state":"completed","signature_count":1346,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","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":338,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/338.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Ban Polystyrene(EPS) Fast Food and Drinks Packaging","background":"The time has come to halt the sight of millions of polystyrene food and drinks cartons littering the beaches and countryside of Wales. Polystyrene(EPS) is a major component of urban litter and marine debris. It is detrimental to wildlife that ingests it and costs millions for Welsh Councils to remove from our streets. Polystyrene takes hundreds of years to degrade. Over 100 US (including New York),Canadian, and also European cities have banned polystyrene food packaging as a result of the negative impacts of the Environment. We hope that wales will have the vision to join that list. Therefore, with so many alternatives to polystyrene(EPS) packaging now available which has significantly less impact on the environment and human health and also to save Welsh taxpayers millions of pounds in street cleansing costs we, the undersigned, request that the Welsh Government introduces a ban on all polystyrene fast food and drink packaging.\n","additional_details":"Friends of Barry Beaches (FOBB) carries out monthly beach cleans in the Barry area.Rob Curtis is also a local County Councillor and is the Cabinet Member for the Environment and Visible Services on the Vale of Glamorgan Council. He is also the Vale’s Bio-diversity Champion.The end date for the petition coincides with WWF’s Earth Hour event. \n","state":"completed","signature_count":295,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","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":342,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/342.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Rearing of Animals in Unnatural Conditions","background":"We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to prevent the rearing of animals in unnatural conditions and environments.   \n  \nMan has interfered with our food chain too much for too long. If the government & supermarkets acted more responsibly and abandoned this cruel and absurd idea we would find our own levels naturally. This is all coming about for one reason – man’s greed.   \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":23,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","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":301,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/301.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Aneurin Bevan Hospital Procedures","background":"We the undersigned call upon the Welsh Assembly to urge the Welsh Government to order a review into Aneurin Bevan LHB procedures regarding the following :   \n  \n  \n1. Discharging vulnerable patients late at night without hospital transport   \n2. The Virtual Inpatient Scheme   \n3. Aneurin Bevan LHB Complaints Procedures, especially when a patient is still in poor health or pain   \n4. Dealing with mental health patients in general hospitals   \n  \n\n","additional_details":null,"state":"completed","signature_count":20,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","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":348,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/348.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Save Cardiff Coal Exchange","background":"This petition seeks a commitment from the Welsh Government to set up a public enquiry into the events surrounding the Coal Exchange and to support public opinion which seeks to protect and conserve the building.  \n  \nThe Coal Exchange is one of Cardiff’s most important buildings and one of the finest buildings in Wales. It’s where the world’s first million pound deal was struck during the city’s industrial heyday (equivalent to over £100m today). Yet far from cherishing this building, Cardiff council proposes to demolish the main body of the building, keeping only the facades.  \nIf this happens, then the magnificent interior with its immense historical significance will be lost forever. This grade 2\\* listed building deserves better, and the views of the public need to be heard.  \nThe Council have been claiming for the past year that it is on the point of collapse. No works have been done, yet there is no apparent evidence that the building is about to collapse. It is questioned if Cardiff Council were able to use section 78 powers under the building act to progress their plans, and this needs to be investigated openly.  \nSo much of Cardiff Bay’s social and built heritage has already been destroyed; it seems inconceivable that more can be cast aside with cynical abandon.  \nIt’s unclear why the council refuses to see the value of restoring the Coal Exchange to protect this iconic building for the use and enjoyment of future generations.  \nThe issues are of the highest level of public interest, and it is considered essential that an open public consultation occurs to review matters.  \n\n","additional_details":"The council have used section 78 powers of the building act to progress plans for the removal of all internal structure. However, there is no evidence that the use of such powers were justified. The building has not collapsed, or even partially collapsed in the period since the powers were used. However, the use of the s78 powers has enabled works to progress without the control or monitoring or heritage bodies. Some may view this as a cynical attempt to conceal the wider plans for the building.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":3069,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","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":349,"links":{"self":"https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/349.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Involving lecturers to ensure a Further Education Inspection Framework that is fit for purpose","background":"We believe that: 1. The inclusion of the views of lecturing staff, in the early decision making process would be of great benefit to the development of an inspection framework that is fit for purpose; 2. Due to the increased emphasis there will be on soft skills, professional input from those who understand and work with the complexities of balancing pedagogy, with the demands of students, employers and Welsh Government priorities, it would seem prudent to include those that are at the heart of delivering this agenda; 3. Education services in Wales should be seen as part of a wider family, but are concerned that the FE sector and in this case in particular, FE lecturers are rather excluded from this family and are not being afforded the professional respect that they deserve.  \n  \nAdditional Information: 1. As the largest Union representing Further Education lecturers in Wales, the University and College Union has been excluded from the Estyn Advisory Group that has been set up to develop the new inspection framework for Further Education Institutions in Wales; 2. The Advisory Group currently consists almost entirely of Principals or Vice Principals and representatives of Estyn; 3. The University and College Union has been excluded from being involved in the Advisory Group despite making numerous requests to Estyn to be involved.  \n  \n\n","additional_details":"Background:1. As the largest Union representing Further Education lecturers in Wales, the University and College Union has been excluded from the Estyn Advisory Group that has been set up to develop the new inspection framework for Further Education Institutions in Wales.2. The Advisory Group currently consists almost entirely of Principals or Vice Principals and representatives of Estyn. 3. The University and College Union has been excluded from being involved in the Advisory Group despite making numerous requests to Estyn to be involved.\n","state":"completed","signature_count":145,"threshold_for_referral":50,"threshold_for_debate":5000,"created_at":"2013-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","updated_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","completed_at":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","referral_threshold_reached_at":"2014-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","referred_at":"2014-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","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":[]}}]}