Petitions/Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal cases
StatusClosed
Opened13 May 2025
Closes13 Nov 2025
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Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal damage and other such cases.

We think that if the defendant is motivated by what we think is the urgent and all encompassing need to protect human life on Earth and do whatever they can to do this, then that is relevant to the case. We think climate protests, although inconvenient, are vital to conserve life, so we feel the reasons for doing these actions are fundamentally relevant.

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Daniel Zeichner
1Daniel Zeichner MP
Cambridge
21
Dr Simon Opher
2Dr Simon Opher MP
Stroud
18
Matt Bishop
3Matt Bishop MP
Forest of Dean
17
Catherine West
4Catherine West MP
Hornsey and Friern Barnet
11
Charlotte Cane
5Charlotte Cane MP
Ely and East Cambridgeshire
8
Luke Pollard
6Luke Pollard MP
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
8
Helen Maguire
7Helen Maguire MP
Epsom and Ewell
7
Abtisam Mohamed
8Abtisam Mohamed MP
Sheffield Central
6
Pippa Heylings
9Pippa Heylings MP
South Cambridgeshire
6
Stuart Anderson
10Stuart Anderson MP
South Shropshire
5