This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Petitions with over 100,000 signatures to be guaranteed a parliamentary debate
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Currently, petitions which gain 100,000 signatures are offered only "consideration" for parliamentary debate. I propose a new parliamentary rule, or law - if necessary, is adopted such that any petition that is signed by more than 100,000 citizens should be guaranteed a parliamentary debate.
Problems of potential time wasting can be addressed by allowing any Member of the House to propose a motion to cut-short the debate at any time, thereby allowing debates to be abandoned if the majority of the house wish.
However, I feel it is important for democracy that the House, and not the government of the day, should have the ultimate decision over whether a debate should proceed. I propose the best way of making this happen is to guarantee that a debate will commence for every petition that reaches 100,000 signatures.
This petition was rejected
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