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.
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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 December 12, figures from the UK Government and Parliament show the most popular active petitions in Farnham and Bordon were:
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards — 4,084 out of 2,970,304 total signatures
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants — 852 out of 666,129 total signatures
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data — 347 out of 259,546 total signatures
• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only — 292 out of 184,452 total signatures
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison — 286 out of 191,448 total signatures
• Make Play and Continuous Provision statutory in England's Key Stage 1 Curriculum — 285 out of 105,709 total signatures
• Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels — 274 out of 174,770 total signatures
• Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy — 252 out of 112,157 total signatures
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders — 172 out of 223,865 total signatures
• Give the British Public the Right to Vote No Confidence in the Government — 170 out of 93,406 total signatures
Petitions with less than 25 signatures are excluded.