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Ban filibustering in the House of Commons

Submitted by Charmaine Scammell on Saturday 21st October 2023

Published on Friday 3rd November 2023

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 3rd May 2024

Signatures: 450

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Ban filibustering in the House of Commons

Petition Details

When Bills are discussed in the House of Commons it should not be possible for MPs to use "filibustering", where someone talks nonstop, to prevent time to vote on that Bill as time has run out.

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Nobody should be allowed to "Filibuster" any Bill. We believe it makes a mockery of democracy.

There should be a set amount of time an MP or Peer can speak to get their views across, but a single MP should not be able to talk the Bill out of being voted on.

By having a set amount of allocated time each member could have a chance to speak, instead of "Filibustering" to block the Bill.

In this day and age, we believe Filibustering must not be allowed in a democratic country.


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