Petition Prevent a single MP being able to stop a Private Member’s Bill

Change the arcane parliamentary procedure of one MP being able to shout “Object!” to block a potentially viable & widely supported Private Members Bill (like upskirting or FGM protection) and insert better protection mechanism e.g. forcing vote to stop Bill progress or set number objecting.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

72 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 72 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 22 August 2019
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