Rejected petition Mandate debates for petitions over 100k signatures, starting with Digital ID

Amend Standing Orders to mandate full debates for e-petitions over 100,000 signatures within 6 months of closing. Hold in main chamber or Westminster Hall; require ministerial attendance and substantive responses. Apply immediately to Petition 730194 (Digital ID cards) to restore fair accountability

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E-petitions amplify voices but fail - Do not introduce Digital ID cards has 2.7M signatures vs privacy risks; Government dismisses it and PM pushes ahead.

Repeal Online Safety Act has 547K vs invasive rules; rejected Jul 28 and PM pushes ahead.

This platform erodes trust (14% trust pols). Petitions represent 99% engaged users - not "2% population." Dismissing petitions based on UK population and not engaged users is a misrepresentation.

We the people demand public debates on issues we raise!

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'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate on petition 730194 relating to digital ID cards on 8 December and petition 722903 relating to the Online Safety Act on 15 December. Both debates will be in Westminster Hall and start at 4.30pm. A government minister will attend the debate and respond at the end. You can find out more about petition debates here: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/content/194347/how-petitions-debates-work/

We could accept a new petition calling for changes to the current petitions system, as long as it was clear what you'd like those changes to be. For example, you could start a new petition calling for all petitions that reach 100k to be debated.

We've published the following petitions which you may wish to sign:

Make Government Petitions Legally Binding at a Threshold of Public Signatures: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736129

Give More Power to Public Petitions to Force the Government to take Action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736968

Reform of petitions to include creating Citizens’ Assemblies at 500k signatures: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/733648

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

Date submitted 3 October 2025
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