Rejected petition 'Whipping' Should Be A Thing Of The Past

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'Whipping' Should Be A Thing Of The Past

The whipps office should be closed, no more telling how m.p.'s should vote on any bill, they represent the constituents not a party.

Voting should be by electronic device only to give confidentiality and an element of democracy to parliament, which is lacking as far as the constituents are concerned.

A handset with two buttons would be used by m.p.'s to vote and the stats can be displayed on a screen in the house.

Let's have democracy in parliament.

Vote for these changes now.

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 4 December 2011
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