Submitted on Thursday 4th April 2019
Rejected on Thursday 25th April 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Check/enact all public petitions within 1 day of petitions receiving 10000 votes
At present, all petitions to parliament from members of the public need to receive 10000 signatures, and then wait over 4 weeks before possible listing in the house. This petitions seeks to force petitions to be discussed in parliament 1 day to 1 week after receiving 10000 signatures.
The Cooper/Letwin Bill had set a precedent that all articles going through the house should be set/debated and voted on within 1-7 days of presentation. Petitions should be no different. If back-benchers are allow to hijack parliamentary proceedings, then the public petitions should be given the same weight.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because we aren't sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.
Petitions that receive more than 10,000 signatures receive a response from the Government.
Petitions that receive more than 100,000 signatures are considered by the Petitions Committee for debate. When the Petitions Committee schedules a petition for debate it will do so as soon as possible, however it can only schedule debates on Monday afternoons.
You could start a new petition calling for the Petitions Committee to have more time to schedule debates, so they can take place sooner if that's something you would like to see happen.
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