Petition · past parliament

Allow the petitions committee to schedule debates on votes of no confidence.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

The public confidence in the petitions procedure would be enhanced if the petitions committee could schedule votes of no confidence in sitting MPs/governments.
Parliament should debate legislation that empowers the committee with such facilities.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

19 Nov 2015 Petition opened for signatures
23 Nov 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Nov 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.