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Petitions sponsored by Department for Business and Trade

400 petitions, ranked by signature count · page 5 of 8.

Introduce a legal maximum temperature to work - 25 degrees Celsius

To make Shrove Tuesday "Pancake Day" a national holiday in England and Wales

Require fireworks to be sold only through the fire service with registration

Ban nepotism in the workplace

Review potential impact of AI on employment opportunities for disabled people

Use diplomatic and trade influence to stop hot branding cattle around the world

Make predatory lenders illegal in the UK

Mandate AI job impact assessments and transition support for UK workers

Ban plastic plants and flowers, except for in exceptional circumstances

Require banks to provide a minimum number of branches for their customers

Make Armistice Day a bank holiday

Phase out and ban the sale of plastic plant pots by 2035

Make Remote Working a Legal Right Where Roles Can Be Performed From Home

Scrap Pubs Code 2016 and amend the Competition Act 1998 to ban tied beer lines

Make the possession and sale of child imitation sex dolls a specific offence

Ban overseas companies posing as UK companies & offering misleading products.

Enforce Payments for UK Creative Professionals and Freelancers within 30 Days

Regulate & ban cheaper prices for loyalty card holders

Make it mandatory to pay enhancement for working on bank holidays.

Ban scalping of collectable/hobbyist items

Require a full licence to be eligible for business use motor insurance policies

Require carbon monoxide detectors to be installed in all new cars by law

Ban electronic shelf labels in shops

Require employers to pay unused annual leave or carry it over to the next year

Stop businesses from making staff use annual leave at Christmas

Mandate stronger accessibility requirements for event venues

Prohibit restaurants from including tips on bills

Stop the closure of the Public Switched Telephone Network

Ban shops that aren’t registered vape shops from selling vaping products

Ban the sale and use of indoor fireworks

Require a one-week minimum payment period for charges such as tolls

Unfair Dismissal Protections Should Start from Day One

Stop unsolicited mail being sent to people's homes and businesses

Require food retailers to label products which are subject to shrinkflation

Ban companies from charging single people higher prices for holidays

Seek to secure trade deals with the US and Canada

Regulate funeral directors

Require companies to provide information about supply chains for all products

Introduce tighter regulation of online crowdfunding sites

Ban the sale and usage of smoke flares for non emergency usage

Require clothes labels to show the retailer the clothes were made for

Ban ticket booking companies from charging admin fees

Ban button batteries from children’s toys

Require mental health training for all HR staff, managers and directors

Require all public toilets to include a baby changing facility for everyone

Stricter regulation of liquidation processes for debt avoidance

Require restaurants to offer healthy kids’ meal options

Require unlimited companies to publish their accounts

Cap the cost of bottled water in airports

Introduce measures to address longevity and repair of products