Rejected petition Petitions with more than 100k signatures MUST be debated by law

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At present there's no legal obligation for any petition to be debated in the House of Commons, rendering the site useless - MPs can ignore any petition they so choose. We want this legal obligation so we KNOW our voices will be heard.

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 6 September 2011
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