Rejected petition: Government grant new oil & gas exploration, extraction licenses in North Sea
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In light of world events, open up the vast oil and gas reserves in the North Sea in order for the United Kingdom to reduce the impact of global events on the UK economy and people
Minimise the impact of global events on the UK economy and the people of the United Kingdom
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We already have a few petitions open asking for this (although one is broader in scope to involve coal fields). Some of these you may wish to sign:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/763065
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/764924
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/766352
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.