Rejected petition Restrict all e-petition motions put to the house, to single-line party whips

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The idea behind any e-petition is in order to give the public a voice. What use is this if MPs are restrained in their votes and the public opinion is ignored by parties? I don't pretend that many of the issues debated will be passed or even sensible, however I do believe that our elected MPs should have the freedom to fully represent and support their constituents on an topic that has been popular enough to amass the required number of e-votes.

I propose that parties should be restricted in the whips they are able to lay down while voting on e-petition popular issues.

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 24 October 2011
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