Petition Set up a Citizens' Assembly for public engagement at Parliament

Public Engagement is seen to be in distress, with a feeling of disconnect and distrust between voters and House of Commons

We ask that a representative sample of the electorate is invited with remuneration to engage with issues and MPs at Parliament, and make recommendations on current affairs

More details

Citizens' Assembly Ireland: https://www.citizensassembly.ie/en/

Sortition Foundation: https://www.sortitionfoundation.org/what_is_sortition

Lecture by Prof. James Fishkin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27tVMj6YUNM

FT article on David Van Reybrouck: https://www.ft.com/content/03f34228-4e72-11e6-8172-e39ecd3b86fc

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

22 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 22 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 24 January 2019
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