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Petition · past parliament

Ban the practice of fillibustering in the house of commons.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Filibustering is an antiquated method to prevent democratic voting by members of parliament on important subjects. It has no place in modern politics and should be banned in the house of commons.

Why it was rejected

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

Prevent Ministers and MP's to talk until debate runs out of time.

Timeline

21 Oct 2016 Petition opened for signatures
25 Oct 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 25 Oct 2016

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