Sack the Petitions Committee.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

It has become clear that the Petition Committee has no interest in the views of the people. It is there as an ornamental barrier between government and people and needs removing. The time is long overdue that the people got access to government directly.

I have been involved with many petitions on the government site. None of which the Committee have taken the least interest in. They cut and paste standard replies and confirm the will of government in what is laughably called debates.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand that you'd like the petitions process to change, but we're not exactly sure how you would like it to work.

If you'd like all petitions started on petition.parliament.uk to be published without being checked, you could start a new petition asking for that.

We're not sure what changes you'd like to see to petition debates. At the moment, any MP can attend and speak in a petition debate, not just members of the Petitions Committee.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

17 Feb 2018	Petition opened for signatures
27 Feb 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Feb 2018

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