Meanings of e-petition in English

In 2009 an e-petition calling for an apology attracted thousands of signatures.

There are already e-petition systems in place in Wales and Scotland.

A second e-petition called for a pardon and garnered tens of thousands of signatures.

The UK petition went on Parliament's e-petition website on Tuesday.

The e-petition was tabled jointly by Halfon and FairfuelUK.

A rival e-petition calling for the king's remains to remain in Leicester has also received thousands of signatures.

More than 80,000 signatures on an e-petition show the strength of support for junior doctors.

Mr Oliver set up an e-petition backing the tax in the UK that got 150,000 supporters.

An e-petition calling for a pardon received 37,404 signatures when it was closed in November last year.

Nearly 1,400 people have pledged their support to the Forest's e-petition and more than £20,000 has been raised.

More than 150,000 people have signed a government e-petition to stop the cull, entitling it to be considered for a debate in parliament.

An e-petition urging the government to reconsider changing the operator of the West Coast Mainline rail service has attracted more than 100,000 signatures.

Wildlife campaigners launched a last minute legal challenge, while an e-petition signed by more than 150,000 people spurred a parliamentary debate set for Thursday.

And, social media -we helped galvanise a community on Facebook to generate 100,000 signatures for an e-petition to get pancreatic cancer debated in Parliament.

Popular petitions The most popular e-petitions ever cover some slightly less unusual subjects.

Details of the first e-petitions submitted to a new government website have been released.