This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government

Rejected petition Bring back the act which allows House of Parliament to call general election

We call government to bring back the act which came into force in 2011 under the Coalition Government, removed the power to set the general election date, and therefore to call an early general election,
We want the government to bring back the act

This petition was rejected

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133548

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