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Include a threshold beyond which MPs are required to vote on a petition.

Submitted on Friday 11th December 2015

Published on Monday 14th December 2015

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 14th June 2016

Signatures: 56

Petition Action

Include a threshold beyond which MPs are required to vote on a petition.

Petition Details

Currently petitions require a governmental response on reaching 10,000 signatures and will be considered for debate at 100,000 signatures. There ought to be a third figure after which MPs are required to vote on an issue so as to guarantee a response to petitions with large public backing.

Additional Information

As listed under 'All Petitions' there have, at the point of writing, only been three petitions reaching over 250,000 signatures. I would suggest this figure as the bench mark requiring a vote in the House of Commons.
Whilst not agreeing with all these petitions, issues of such public concern should require a formal and collective response from our MPs. A vote would give a clear indication of where the House stood on such issues, allowing the public to asses their representation in the Commons.


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