Petition · past parliament
Stop antisocial behaviour during parliamentary debates
Rejected
17 signatures
What the petition asks
The practice of jeering and chanting to drown out democratic debate is the uncivilised and embarrassing to modern society. It show a gross lack of respect of differing points of view and intolerable contempt for every citizen of this country. Our parliament should be a place of respectful debate
The outburst of chanting against Jeremy Corbyn would be equally unacceptable whoever is in power. However it has reached a point where it is democracy itself that is being downed out. This behaviour would be illegal outside of parliament therefore why is it tolerated inside?
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 23 Feb 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 Feb 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
17
Status
Rejected
Rejected
26 Feb 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.