Submitted on Monday 20th February 2017
Rejected on Monday 27th February 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Petition to abolish the House of Lords
An unelected chamber as part of the democratic process is an affront to the electorate who are asked to elect their representatives at the ballot box in advertised elections. Democracy is challenged If an unelected body can override the will of the people/their representatives.
UNICAMERAL governments have just one legislative chamber. There are 115 around the world, including New Zealand, Sweden, Finland and Israel. BICAMERAL systems have an Upper and lower house of some description. In Britain that's currently the Lords and the Commons. In America it's Senate and House of Representatives. Sixty four countries have opted for this arrangement.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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