Submitted on Tuesday 28th February 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Abolish the e-Petition sham
An ePetition calling for a debate on withdrawing the NHS bill reached 160,000 signatories, but has been turned down:
"MPs will not be granted a special debate on the government's controversial health reforms on the floor of the Commons, despite an e-petition calling for them to be scrapped gaining more than 160,000 signatures." [1].
It is thus clear that the e-Petition system is no more than window dressing and a sham, giving the dangerous impression of an improvement in democracy and accountability, when no such improvement exists. This being the case, we call for the e-Petition system to be abolished. The people of Britain should be aware of just how little accountability their MPs have to them, and not be mislead by cheap tricks.
[1] – "NHS Bill E-Petition Debate Turned Down By Commons Committee", Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/28/nhs-bill-e-petition-debate-turned-down-by-commons-committee_n_1306829.html
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
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