Petition Petition for Meaningful Petitions

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We the undersigned demand of the government a meaningful e-petitions system. Specifically we demand the following changes to the current system.

- The strengthening of the 100,000 rule. Specifically we demand a hard *guarantee* that the issue will be given debate time in parliament with an MP volunteering or selected to argue both for/against the precise proposal encapsulated by the petition.

- A removal of the rejection of petitions for the reason of not relating to an area of government responsibility.

The UK parliament has reach over all areas of activity in the UK with primary leglislation can influence all areas of public and private life.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

3 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 3 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 17 October 2012
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