This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Close down the online petition system
The online petition system is a waste of government money for little benefit to the tax payer.
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The current online petition system is a farce, suggestions have included breaking international law (arresting PM Netanyahu) and "Stop all benefits to illegal immigrants completely", something which the current government already does, the online petition system serves no real purpose in any sense as all petitioners can expect, even if they reach the arbitrary 100,000 figure is a generic response from a mid level civil servant, functioning waste funds that could be better employed elsewhere.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106687
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