Digital IDs, immigration and sex offenders feature in the most popular petitions for Wigan borough residents
The parliamentary petitions with the most signatures from Wigan borough residents have been revealed.
British citizens or UK residents can create petitions online and they are the only people who can sign them.
The Government must respond to petitions with 10,000 signatures.
When 100,000 signatures are reached, the Government will debate the issue, though MPs can consider a petition for debate before this.
As of January 2, figures from the UK Government and Parliament show the three most popular petitions in the borough’s three constituencies were the same.
They were:
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards – 2,974,931 total signatures, with 5,798 from Wigan, 5,680 from Makerfield and 5,901 from Leigh and Atherton.
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants – 676,402 signatures, including 1,761 from Wigan, 1,852 from Makerfield and 1,670 from Leigh and Atherton.
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data – 260,073 signatures, with 559 from Wigan, 598 from Makerfield and 639 from Leigh and Atherton.