If a petition gets 10.000 signatures the government will respond (UK Parliament 2019-22).

Over 17,000 images from petitions presented to kings, Parliament, chancellors, and other officers of state. For the most part, these fascinating documents fall into two primary categories: ”some ask for the redress of grievances which could not be resolved at common law; others are more straightforward requests for a grant of favour.” The petitions here date from the reign ...