Rejected petition Remove Whips on e-petition items debated

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To remove the influence of the whips and only have free votes on e-petition items when debated in Parliment

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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