The laws I'd like to see

Discrimination against fat people to be illegal. I don’t mean ignore the health implications of being overweight or that weight should never be considered in relation to clinical decisions if this is a genuine issue for a specific procedure. I mean actually using someone’s weight to make derogatory comments and judgements both to individuals and as a group or to deny employment, opportunities etc based on subjective reasons. This is simply not right. It seems to be the last acceptable prejudice.

End no fault divorce laws to allow a spouse’s behaviour to be taken into account in financial settlements.

And the primary role of education would not be to get as many pupils to get good exam results as possible.

the role of education would be to find out what each and every child is good atand passionate about and help them develop their talents into something that will support them in adulthood. Whether that is needlework or sports science or the geography of volcanoes.

I would reintroduce secondary modern type education. With NO STIGMA. And in these schools students like my daughter who hate subjects like history, English literature etc would not have to study those. Pupils would be able to take control of their education and choose subjects that will benefit them in the future - eg. A student with interests in building would be able to choose a suite of GCSE type qualifications in vocational subjects in conjunction with decent supporting subjects such as business studies, maths, marketing & web design, science, English language and some sort of language. Teaching them skills that are relevant to the world of work, giving them the skills to work for themselves. But the most important thing would be that this would not be denigrated as too thick to do anything else. We need all sorts of people in the world, not just to try and push everyone in the same direction. IMO the roots of the disengagement of lots of pupils with education can be found in forcing non-academic kids to keep on with subjects they hate. Nothing less motivating that spending years studying stuff you don't want to learn and failing over and over again because your brain isn't wired that way to kill off teens' self esteem and motivation to learn. They just are stuck in a perpetual cycle of failing, being set up to fail and believing they are useless.

pupils with an academic leaning can continue as they always have done.

i would remove ofsted gradings completely and completely overhaul the schools inspectorate. Primary school testing, league tables, all of it would be scrapped. GCSEs and A level results would be delivered through mini exams throughout the course, a final exam maybe worth 25% and coursework. This would give all children an opportunity to do well in at least one element of assessment, if you hate coursework you've got the exams to do well in, smaller topic based exams for those that struggle with revising an entire 2 year syllabus in one go and coursework to show you can do project work and steadily work.

schools inspectors would have to do at least 1 month back in the classroom every year just in case they forget what it's like teaching 30 teenagers.

cookery and health/nutrition would be compulsory for all students in all secondary settings throughout their entire education. They could drop the endless First World War and Shakespeare plays to make room for it. This would allow children to learn essential skills that are clearly lacking in society that loads of parents cannot deliver but that imho are essential to develop a healthy country. The one thing we all need to do, not matter what you do in life, is eat.

hopefully my changes would mean pupils were more engaged with learning and more focussed in class which might help solve some of thr discipline issues that have put so many of our teachers off their career.

OK that seems a fair point. However, vapes don’t seem to have any evidence of safety yet so if that’s not certain, maybe it’s better for prescriptions to stick to the traditional giving up smoking supports like patches?

Ban any public sector organisation from applying for or seeking any external award, charter mark or certificate. And ban any political symbols - specifically including rainbows and pride flags (and any other sexually or trans flag)

I would make them prescription only for those trying to stop smoking.

Single use vapes should be banned completely. In fact ideally vapes should be banned full stop.

There should be. 20mph speed limit in built up areas not a 30mph speed limit.

On the same lines; health minister to spend a week in health settings. One day in an A&E, one day shadowing a nurse on a ward, one day with a GP, one day on a paramedic shift (including sitting in an ambulance at the hospital for hours, while waiting for the patient to be admitted!), one shift shadowing a junior doctor in a hospital.

Make composting cremation (terramation) legal in this country. It's the way I'd like to be dispatched.

There's loads of good suggestions on this thread but I particularly like this.

It is similar to setting consequences with children. Far more effective than punishment.

And make it a criminal offence for males, regardless of certificates or beliefs, to enter.

If a group or facility states it is for women it should be single sex.
Update the Equality Act to say that organisations are obliged to offer single sex groups/facilities instead of saying they are permissible.

Culture: anyone describing themselves as an influencer has a 12 month internet ban for each infraction

Planning/environment: all developments must include mature trees. Developers responsible for their care for the next 20 years

Society: dog licences to be reinstated. Lifetime bans on licences for cruelty, neglect, having a dangerously out of control dog or for not picking up poo 💩

Education: education ministers to spend a whole week in a classroom. One day each in nursery, years 2, 6, 9 and 12 should do. Consecutive full days. Breaks to be taken with staff. Planning and marking to be done overnight.

Environment: water company bosses to celebrate the first day of summer each year with a televised wild swim in water they are responsible for. No hazmat suits allowed.

Planning: no new housing on agricultural land until half the country's golf courses have been built on first

Along similar lines, I'd like to see the seat of parliament moved around the country, every 6 months or so and I'd like MPs to have to use public transport to reach it.

Pay rises should be in line with the rest of the civil service, if we're frozen for years at 0 or 1% so should they be.

I'm warming to my topic now.

houses of parliament reform

1 subsidised cafe totally gone. The price they pay for food is absolutely incredible. At 90 odd grand they can pay for their own lunch like the rest of us. They could try being a police officer with nowhere to heat up a meal on a 12 hr shift, no time to eat a meal and all the relaxation areas removed plus members of the public hassling them for daring to go and buy a Tesco meal deal to eat in the car.
2 no expenses for maintaining a second home in a constituency. You live where you represent or you don't get to be an MP for the area. Plus if you want a second home you can pay for it like the rest of us
3 ridiculous payments for accomodation etc in London will be replaced with a Houses of Parliament uni dorm-type set up for MPs that need to stay overnight with bedrooms, offices etc a bit like a premier inn with cooking facilities etc. If on commons business this is free of charge. You still pay for your food.
4 sliding scale of wages commensurate with experience, you don't get to go in at the top just like the rest of us when starting a new job
5 and don't get me started on the amount the Lords can claim for doing nothing

i would also add
1 any utility company digging up the road would have to pay the local council a proper amount for the road surface to be made good properly, not do a shit half arsed job leading to potholes which damage people's cars and cause accidents.

2 non-highways roadworks (not those done in an emergency, stuff like private driveways or housing estate access roads) would be subject to a fine if not completed on time which would go into further funding road repairs

All new housing must have storage! 60s council / private housing is a world away from today's "standards".

Planning: if a builder doesn’t build the affordable homes they are supposed to, there is a massive financial penalty paid to the local council.

Second homes: owners pay 4x council tax to offset the damage to the local community.

Food: food packaging for snack foods like chocolate and crisps has to display the total number of calories in the packet, not just the amount per 100g or per portion. Foods which contain certain ingredients such as unsustainably sourced palm oil, cotton oil, trans fats etc have to have it printed on the packaging in big letters.

Utilities: if they have not met certain standards, such as not filling the sea with sewage, they cannot pay dividends or bonuses until they have managed not to do so for say five years and their executive pay is tied to some kind of standard such as not exceeding MPs’ pay or something like that. not sure how it would work legally but I very much hope the new govt is going to take radical steps on this stuff.

GRA: repeal it

I could go on all day but these are some of my saner ideas.