Rejected petition Ban whips when debating e petitions.

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The leaders of the parties should not be allowed to whip the bank benchers when debating e petitions as it is the population of our great nation, the mother of all democracies, who want this DEBATED, without fear, by our DEMOCRATICALLY elected members of parliament, and to whip the back benchers under these circumstances is UNDEMOCRATIC.
Exactly what is the point of an e petition if it cannot be debated properly? The population may as well not bother.

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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