Petition Allow a petition starter to address parliament when a petition is to be debated

Currently a petition is debated upon its merits in a committee or house when it reaches it's 100,000 threshold. Democracy would be seen to be done if the petition starter was part of the debate from the outset to represent all the signatories.

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The UK has a history of inviting even foreign dignitaries to address different areas of parliament. It is now time for petitions which reach 100,000 signatories to have their starting petitioner invited to parliament to address the start of the debate. If he/she would rather appoint a proxy then that too should be offered.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

8 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 8 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 14 August 2016
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