The age of criminal responsibility in England is one the lowest in Europe, and the statistics show that we are in danger of criminalising too many children and young people. The age of criminal responsibility needs to be reviewed in light of the standards set by the UN Convention and these international comparisons. Young children are simply not capable of the sophisticated mental reasoning required to be held fully responsible for criminal actions, and we need to take a far more "welfare based" approach in dealing with young people who commit serious crimes. Furthermore, there is concern among neuroscientists in this field that the age of criminal responsibility in the UK is unreasonably low given the emerging understanding of how slowly the brains of children mature, and the evidence of individual differences suggests that an arbitrary cut-off age may not be justifiable.

I askled my MP, Terry Jermy, how many hours he had spent in the house.  His reply was that he had no obligation to spend any time in the House .

Because decisions, policies , strategy should not be influenced by gifting. Decisions should be objective and in interests of the country, its voters.

The Cabinet of Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) has written to the Government to ask for the County Council elections this May to be delayed.   We are not aware that the Conservative cabinet consulted anyone before taking this decision. It was not even referred to the full Council.   Elected 4 years ago in May 2021, the Conservative Party currently have a wafer thin majority on the County Council and it is highly unlikely that they would have any majority after an election this May 2025.   Postponing the County Elections will leave current councillors in power beyond their elected mandate.    If the proposed Local Government Reorganisation goes ahead, all district councils in Gloucestershire will be dissolved, and replaced by a single large unitary authority.    In the interests of greater democracy, we  demand that recently elected councillors should negotiate the dramatic restructuring of local government in Gloucestershire. 

The U.K. is a two party country, which consists of the Conservatives and Labour (some would argue Labour is a lighter shade of blue). The time has come for the system to change so everyone’s views has a voice. For example the Green Party would have 10 people (as of 2nd May 2024) as MPs and not 1. Our voices aren’t heard and with the changes in boundaries by the Conservatives, it is likely that parties with lower votes are less Likely to get an MP.

The Constituents of Solihull have the right to be represented by someone who is fully committed to represent them and bring their questions and concerns to Parliament, but this cannot be the case while issue with Julian Knight is ongoing. A By-Election should be called as soon as possible Solihull the people are able to choose who they want to be their next MP. I urge my fellow Constituents to sign this petition, so that this current situation is resolved as soon as possible.

This is one issue, among many in recent years, where we have seen our leaders appear to be in Politics for their own benefit as opposed to Public Service, and to refuse to take responsibility for their errors. If Liz Truss were to decline the Prime Minister's Pension it would begin to redress the balance and we do need to restore faith in our elected officials for democracy to begin return to a meaningful level in the UK.

The living cost is already costing everyone from food prices to energy bills already people are going to food banks and adding taxes is not the way government to do at this time

Open up opportunities for free movement settle anywhere in Europe study anywhere in Europe trade freely in Europe.

Until this goverment is held account for all of their dealings and stop taking us for fools and being paid ridiculous amounts. It all should be stopped now and show the people of this country they are behind them

The country is in financial turmoil, poverty is on the rise and cost of living is through the roof. Liz truss should not be taking this money out of the pot as she did nothing in her very short time as PM. The money could be better spent getting this country out of the mess we are in.

There have been so many changes while the Conservative party have been in charge. Do the Great British public trust that the Conservative party are competent to continue to lead the country? It is now time to let the public have a say.