Petitions/Review the use of retrospective rule changes by the Home Office
StatusOngoing
Opened16 Mar 2026
Closes
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

Consider whether the Home Office should have the authority to bring forward any proposals or rules with Retrospective effect. If this practise is fair? And once a precedent is set, who stops the Home Office from exercising their powers over and over again affecting thousands of families.

We believe the recent Immigration White Paper 2025 is more Authoritarian rather than Humanitarian. There are concerns that if this goes through once, future governments will do this as well and there will be No Stopping of rules applied in Retrospection. We think the Home office is mixing Illegal migration with Legal Tax payers who came here with a set of rules, that if followed had a clear goal post.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Bobby Dean
1Bobby Dean MP
Carshalton and Wallington
4
Jack Abbott
2Jack Abbott MP
Ipswich
4
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
3Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP
Suffolk Coastal
3
Chris Webb
4Chris Webb MP
Blackpool South
2
Yasmin Qureshi
5Yasmin Qureshi MP
Bolton South and Walkden
2
Oliver Ryan
6Oliver Ryan MP
Burnley
2
Sarah Olney
7Sarah Olney MP
Richmond Park
2
Dr Peter Prinsley
8Dr Peter Prinsley MP
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
1
Danny Kruger
9Danny Kruger MP
East Wiltshire
1
Sarah Sackman
10Sarah Sackman MP
Finchley and Golders Green
1