Rejected petition Redefine the role of the unelected House of Lords to comment and opinion only.

People vote and elect their representatives. The expectation is that they will follow a party line or present a majority view of their own electors. The unelected Lords has no such mandate from the people and should not have their present powers to change Bills etc already approved by the Commons.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. We're not sure exactly what you mean by "comment and opinion only". You could start a new petition explaining clearly how you would like the role and powers of the House of Lords to be changed.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 13 February 2017
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