Submitted on Wednesday 7th December 2016
Rejected on Thursday 8th December 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban filibustering in parliament. Politicians debate as adults not preschoolers!
MP Mhairi Black’s private member’s bill to reform the benefits sanctions regime was debated in parliament on Friday 2 December. The bill was to help the most vulnerable.
Due to parliamentary laws, the bill was talked out/heckled by the government before there was a vote.
Disgusting behaviour!
Filibustering does not set a good example to younger generations of the democratic process or good behaviour!
Tory MP David Nuttal heckled Black during the debate, claiming that claimants were “terrified they might get a job”. (2/12/16).
A bill to pardon gay people convicted under old legislation was also talked out (21/10/16).
Bill to teach children to save lives was derailed (23/10/16).
The bill to give caters free parking was blocked by incessant talking for 93 minutes (30/11/15).
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