Information about the e-petition

The petition is available for anyone to sign.

Clearly any individual can only sign the petition once.

Anyone signing the petition must provide their name, address and a verifiable email address.

The email address will be used to both as a means of identification and also to ensure all who sign the petition receive a copy of any official response to it.

When you sign the petition you will be sent an email to confirm that you have done so. Your name will only be added to the petition once you have clicked a link to make this confirmation.

An email address can only be used by one person. If several members of your family use the same email address we would encourage some to create a new email account (there are plenty ways of obtaining free email, e.g.Yahoo and Hotmail) to allow everyone in your family to sign the petition.

No personal details other than your name will be published on the site. Information about any individual will not be used for any other purpose than in relation to the petition, unless you choose to sign up for other services offered on this website.

The petition will show a list of those who have signed . It is possible to opt out of this if you do not wish your name to be displayed.

Once we have obtained at least 500 signatures officials at at Downing Street will ensure we get a response. Everyone who has signed the petition through the website will receive an email giving details of the Government’s response.

Further details about e-petitions and responses to FAQs can be found at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk