Petition against introduction of digital ID cards most signed in Hemel Hempstead constituency
A petition against the introduction of digital ID cards is the most signed in the Hemel Hempstead constituency, according to data released by the UK Parliament.
The petition has been signed more than 5,000 times across the area according the data, which details the ten most popular active petitions in the constituency, as of January 2.
Any British resident or UK citizen is eligible to create a Parliamentary petition, while only British residents or UK citizens can sign such petitions.
The Government must respond to petitions that gain 10,000 signatures, while the Government is required to debate the issues when 100,000 signatures are reached.
The top ten most active petitions in the constituency are as follows:
> Do not introduce digital ID cards - 5,052 out of 2,974,931 total signatures
> Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants - 998 out of 676,402 total signatures
> Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data - 396 out of 260,073 total signatures
> Keep five-year indefinite leave to remain and restrict access to benefits for new indefinite leave to remain holders - 342 out of 229,102 total signatures
> Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only - 294 out of 187,878 total signatures
> Make play and continuous provision statutory in England's Key Stage 1 curriculum - 251 out of 106,045 total signatures
> Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels - 234 out of 177,753 total signatures
> Remove power to cancel local government elections - 188 out of 129,865 total signatures
> Introduce statutory menstrual leave for people with endometriosis and adenomyosis - 157 out of 74,818 total signatures
> Give the British public the right to vote no confidence in the Government - 154 out of 100,440 total signatures