Submitted on Friday 26th January 2024
Rejected on Thursday 8th February 2024
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Expand the House of Commons Petition Service.
House of Commons Petition System has proven quite popular, and has produced some interesting results, but its scope is very limited, so should be expanded to make better use of its potential.
For example, a petition ought to be able to propagate a proper public debate with parliamentarians.
There is a real shortage of proper engagement between parliament and the people.
Parliamentary petitions are a step in the right direction: they often spark lively debates on social media, sometimes the politicians even participate, but social media is often dominated by shouting, or skewed by troll farms and 'bots.
If a parliamentary petition could lead to properly structured debate, convened on social media between the electors and the elected, then the potential possibilities are profound.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you want to see changes to the parliamentary petition system, but we're not sure what changes you'd like.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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