3,585 residents in the constituency have signed a petition against digital ID cards reports Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter

The UK houses of parliament, viewed from across the road at the top of The Mall — The palace of Westminster – home to the UK’s houses of parliament

The parliamentary petitions with the most signatures from the Chipping Barnet constituency have been revealed.

British citizens or UK residents can create parliamentary petitions online, with the Petitions Committee checking they meet the standards to be published.

Only citizens and residents can sign these petitions and are required to provide a valid UK postcode and verify their email.

The government must respond to petitions that gain 10,000 signatures.

And when 100,000 signatures are reached, the government will debate the issue. However, MPs can consider a petition for debate before it reaches this target.

As of 7th November, figures from the UK government and parliament show the most popular active petitions in Chipping Barnet were:

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards — 3,585 out of 2,935,730 total signatures

• The UK Government should not unilaterally recognise a Palestinian State — 1,526 out of 56,188 total signatures

• Call an immediate general election — 1,011 out of 1,009,158 total signatures

• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants — 489 out of 610,180 total signatures

• Keep 5-year ILR terms to Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visas — 483 out of 108,841 total signatures

• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders — 400 out of 178,713 total signatures

• Reduce the school week to four days a week — 245 out of 124,830 total signatures

• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal — 229 out of 105,076 total signatures

• Make Play and Continuous Provision statutory in England’s Key Stage 1 Curriculum — 209 out of 104,062 total signatures

• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data — 185 out of 258,316 total signatures

Petitions with less than 25 signatures are excluded.

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