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Rid the House of Commons of the current Speaker with immediate effect

Submitted on Thursday 10th January 2019

Rejected on Tuesday 15th January 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: honours (see below for details)

Petition Action

Rid the House of Commons of the current Speaker with immediate effect

Petition Details

The House of Commons is a publicly elected chamber of Parliament. The Role of the Speaker is to chair debates in the Commons chamber. The principle role is to keep order during debates and to call MP’s to speak. The Speaker must remain politically impartial at all times.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The resignation of an MP, including the Speaker, would be an individual decision for that person, and not a decision for the Government or Parliament as a whole.

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