Petition Don't close Parliamentary Petition system in the months surrounding an election

Before and during the 2017 general election the Parliamentary Petition site closed. It was not reinstated until September, resulting in four months when citizens were denied a mechanism for raising concerns.

There is no reason why the mechanism for submitting or signing petitions should be closed

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Separate the running of the petitions site from the reviewing of petitions. The first should be available to citizens at all times (with the possible exception of during the actual election campaign), the second is reasonably the role of the petitions committee.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

96 signatures

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Date closed 15 March 2018
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