Submitted on Thursday 2nd October 2025
Rejected on Friday 14th November 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Mandate debates for petitions over 100k signatures, starting with Digital ID
Amend Standing Orders to mandate full debates for e-petitions over 100,000 signatures within 6 months of closing. Hold in main chamber or Westminster Hall; require ministerial attendance and substantive responses. Apply immediately to Petition 730194 (Digital ID cards) to restore fair accountability
E-petitions amplify voices but fail - Do not introduce Digital ID cards has 2.7M signatures vs privacy risks; Government dismisses it and PM pushes ahead.
Repeal Online Safety Act has 547K vs invasive rules; rejected Jul 28 and PM pushes ahead.
This platform erodes trust (14% trust pols). Petitions represent 99% engaged users - not "2% population." Dismissing petitions based on UK population and not engaged users is a misrepresentation.
We the people demand public debates on issues we raise!
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.
The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate on petition 730194 relating to digital ID cards on 8 December and petition 722903 relating to the Online Safety Act on 15 December. Both debates will be in Westminster Hall and start at 4.30pm. A government minister will attend the debate and respond at the end. You can find out more about petition debates here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/content/194347/how-petitions-debates-work/
We could accept a new petition calling for changes to the current petitions system, as long as it was clear what you'd like those changes to be. For example, you could start a new petition calling for all petitions that reach 100k to be debated.
We've published the following petitions which you may wish to sign:
Make Government Petitions Legally Binding at a Threshold of Public Signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736129
Give More Power to Public Petitions to Force the Government to take Action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736968
Reform of petitions to include creating Citizens’ Assemblies at 500k signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/733648
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