Make debating all petitions that reach over 100,000 signatures mandatory.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

A number of petitions on the Government's petition website that have reached over 100,000 signatures have been dismissed with nothing but a few paragraphs of explanation without explicitly cited evidence. The public feels that this approach undermines the meaning of democracy.

At the time of writing, two petitions with more than twice the required number of signatures to validate them for debate have been dismissed in what comes off as an arrogant and out-of-touch manner. Our government must respect public opinion and up-to-date scientific evidence on matters that warrant enough attention to gather over a hundred thousand supporters, and encourage debate on these matters rather than dismissing them.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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When a petition gets 100,000 signatures, it MUST be debated in Parliament

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Timeline

25 Aug 2015	Petition opened for signatures
26 Aug 2015	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 Aug 2015

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