Rejected petition All Commons votes triggered by a petition should be free

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If more than 100,000 people sign a petition and the issue it pertains to goes to the House of Commons the vote on it should be free. No party should be able to restrict their MPs from voting on the issue in the way they see fit. There should be no whips imposed on votes demanded by a petition.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Whipping is a matter for political parties and not HM Government

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

Date submitted 23 October 2011
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