Petition Respond specifically to petition questions or issues

A large number of petitions are met with government responses that intentionally do not address the topic or issue presented.

This tactic is frustrating and demonstrates contempt for signatories.

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For example, in a recent petition calling for a debate between Jeremy hunt and junior doctors, the civil servants drafting the response fail to mention the very point of the petition - a debate between Hunt and doctors.

Instead we receive paragraph after paragraph of obfuscation and avoidance.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

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Date closed 17 August 2016
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