This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition To reconnect with people, Parliament should meet in the great cathedrals.
Parliament should move around the country’s regions, meeting in the great cathedrals.
MPs have voted to leave Westminster so it can be restored. So why not allow them to travel the country and reconnect with the regions?
Make Parliament mobile and connected, like government used to be!
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This proposal to rebuild democracy would:
(1) reconnect ‘Westminster’ and the people
(2) bring international media focus to the nation's amazing regions and buildings
(3) boost regional economies with the influx of MPs, advisers, media, etc.
For centuries. government moved around, from place to place, hearing local concerns and meeting local people. This was the Anglo-Saxon way, and it survived well into the high middle ages.
It worked. Bring it back. Reconnect government and people!
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The UK Government or Parliament aren't responsible for the great cathedrals, so would not be able to decide to meet there.
There are already petitions about moving Parliament, which you might like to sign if they call for something you'd like to happen:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/250790
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/257994
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