Submitted on Monday 24th October 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Restrict all e-petition motions put to the house, to single-line party whips
The idea behind any e-petition is in order to give the public a voice. What use is this if MPs are restrained in their votes and the public opinion is ignored by parties? I don't pretend that many of the issues debated will be passed or even sensible, however I do believe that our elected MPs should have the freedom to fully represent and support their constituents on an topic that has been popular enough to amass the required number of e-votes.
I propose that parties should be restricted in the whips they are able to lay down while voting on e-petition popular issues.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Whipping is a matter for political parties and not HM Government
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