The parliamentary petitions with the most signatures from the Forest of Dean constituency have been revealed.

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.

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 5, figures from the UK Government and Parliament show the most popular active petitions in Forest of Dean were:

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards — 4,481 out of 2,961,624 total signatures

• Call an immediate general election — 1,693 out of 1,054,169 total signatures

• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants — 996 out of 640,650 total signatures

• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data — 397 out of 259,225 total signatures

• Make it an offence for a person's dog to kill another pet and prosecute owners — 331 out of 59,486 total signatures

• Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels — 329 out of 174,378 total signatures

• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only — 283 out of 183,996 total signatures

• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison — 276 out of 191,262 total signatures

• Make Play and Continuous Provision statutory in England's Key Stage 1 Curriculum — 264 out of 105,574 total signatures

• Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy — 206 out of 111,203 total signatures

Petitions with less than 25 signatures are excluded.