Rejected petition Free vote on all motions arising from e-petitions

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The government made much of the fact that e-petitions gaining at least 100 000 names could be considered for debate on the floor of the Louse of Commons.

This is was achieved this week with the EU referendum debate however the debate was then rendered farcicial by the imposition of a 3-line whip by the Conservative Party.

In future all debates arising from e-petitions should be the subject of free votes and MPs should not be whipped to vote in a particular way.

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 metter for political parties and not HM Governemnt

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

Date submitted 26 October 2011
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