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Relieve John Bercow of his duty as speaker with immediate effect.

Submitted on Monday 6th February 2017

Rejected on Monday 13th February 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Relieve John Bercow of his duty as speaker with immediate effect.

Petition Details

On 6th February John Bercow sought to block President of the United States Donald Trump from speaking in the House of Commons. Such a move constitutes an excessive preach of his conventions as speaker, with major complications for British Foreign Policy. He should be relieved of his duty


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There is no mechanism for the removal of a Speaker during a Parliament. Other than at a general election, the Speaker can only stop being Speaker through resignation or death.

If you like, you could sign the petition below, which asks the House of Commons to debate a vote of no confidence in the Speaker:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/183279

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