Petition · past parliament

Petitions with 1M+ signatures to be guaranteed a full, early debate.

Closed 36 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently, the Government may choose to schedule debates for popular petitions achieving more than 100,000 signatures but is not obliged to do so.

I suggest that a new threshold, of 1Million signatures, should guarantee that the subject of the petition is debated, and debated without delay.

Timeline

30 Jan 2017 Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 36
Status Closed
Opened 30 Jan 2017
Closed 2 May 2017

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