Submitted on Thursday 25th November 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 30th November 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Hold public enquiry into why petitions to abolish House of Lords are rejected.
Investigate why petitions to abolish the House of Lords or hold a referendum on the continued existence of this anti-democratic body of political appointees, are consistently rejected by the petitions service, despite abolition receiving public support from all sides of the political spectrum.
When I recently set up a petition to abolish the House of Lords, it received the necessary sponsors within minutes. It was then rejected, despite me being willing to accept a reworded version. I then checked and found that all such petitions have been rejected - suggesting that the petitions service, which itself is run by unelected individuals, is working in support of another body of unelected individuals, both seeking to influence the ability of elected MPs to serve the electorate.
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:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. There is a petition calling for the abolition of the House of Lords currently open for signature
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/601567
You can see earlier petitions from this Parliament on this topic at
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300395
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555591
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/332973
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334303
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334212
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/582327
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