The e-petition service started by Downing Street in November 2006 seems to be gaining some momentum with well over 4 500 e-petitions started by British Citizens since it's inception.
In a nutshell, Downing Street is working in partnership with the non-partisan charitable project mySociety to provide a service to allow citizens, charities and campaign groups to set up petitions that are hosted on the Downing Street website, enabling anyone to address and deliver a petition directly to the Prime Minister.
We did a few searches on the e-petition site looking for e-petitions mentioning airports and unearthed the following:
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Scrap expansion plans at Heathrow, Gatwick & Stansted Airports and build a proper new one on reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to to build a third runway at the London Heathrow Airport, to award some money to Gatwick and Stansted as well, and to avoid harming airlines. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop expansion of Heathrow. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to order the Department for Transport and the British Airports Authority to abide by the wishes of the people of West London and the residents of local Unitary Authorities adjacent to London Heathrow Airport who do not want a third runway built. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop the Heathrow Airport Congestion Charging zone planning. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Fast track Heathrow additional runway to ensure airports can support 21st century transport. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to sponsor goverment legislation to fund and procure a massive expansion of London Heathrow Airport. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Scrap expansion plans at Heathrow, Gatwick & Stansted Airports and build a proper new one on reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to scrap the continuous descent approach brought in for aircraft arriving at Heathrow in 2001 which has made life misery for huge swathes of densely populated areas of London previously unaffected by aircraft noise. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop expansion of Heathrow. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to order the closure of Heathrow airport for civil aviation purposes for both environmental and homeland security reasons. More
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Allow airside pass holders (Engineers, crew, ground staff, etc) at London Luton Airport to take any food (beans, soup, yogurt etc) containing liquids over 100ml airside. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Support the recent application to the UK Civil Aviation Authority for direct flights between London and Ercan airport in northern Cyprus. Nearly 3 years have passed since the referendum in which Turkish Cypriots voted in favour of the UN brokered comprehensive settlement, yet northern Cyprus remains isolated in spite of commitments from the UN, the EU, HM Government and the PM personally to end isolations. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Allow 30 minute parking at arrival and departure access roads for disabled drivers at all UK airports. More
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop the further expansion of Stansted Airport beyond 25 million passengers per annum. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to push forward with the Lydd Airport expansion. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to increase security procedures at UK airports to reduce the chances of terrorist attacks. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to to replace the air travel levy with the proceeds of an annual auction of take off and landing slots at all UK airports, until carbon trading is introduced for air travel to and from the UK. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ease the restrictions on transporting wine, shampoo, cosmetics and other easily identifyable liquid and gel products through Britain's airports. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to consider security at airports. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Exempt people from Air travel taxs if they off set their emissions through Carbon Trading Schemes. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to direct flights to northern cyprus and pressure to end the embargo. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Drop all plans for airport expansion and take steps to substantially reduce airport capacity. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Start to limit expansion of Air Travel through aggressive taxation; the Chancellors recent tax increase is an order of magnitude too low. The price differential between Railway travel within the UK and Continental travel using airlines is completely disproportionate. Limitless expansion of low cost air travel with serious environmental consequences is not a right of any human being. It cannot be a serious proposal to introduce road charging and allow strategic expansion of airport capacity. I have to get to work but going to Prague for a stag party is a luxury the planet cannot afford. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Support the inclusion of an exemption for Airports from the Smoking Ban. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Fast track Stanstead expansion to ensure airports can support 21st century transport. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Refuse expansion of Lydd Airport. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Suport the development of Lydd Airport in Kent as a small regional airport creating new jobs. More
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop the skys above the Isle of Wight being used as a holding area for aircraft waiting to land at mainland airports. More
The e-petition with the most signatures so far is this one; "Stop the further expansion of Stansted Airport beyond 25 million passengers per annum." with 3038 signatures, followed by; "stop expansion of Heathrow" with 1913 signatures.
And, of course you can find a list of general parking e-petitions by clicking HERE.
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