Petition · past parliament
Allow Parliamentary Petition Authors to speak in the Parliamentary Debates
Closed
1,385 signatures
What the petition asks
All too often the debates for Parliamentary petitions are not well attended, go off track and are not enough of the agent for change they are intended to be. It is time for the people who bring these petitions and lobby to get signatures to be heard in the debates.
Only MPs are allowed to speak in debates, which means that not one petition author has spoken or argued the points of their petition in the debate chamber. For those of us who follow the televised debates, it looks like MPs are simply going through the motions. Allowing petitioners to speak in the debate would be a far better use of everyone's time.
Timeline
| 29 Apr 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 Oct 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,385
Status
Closed
Opened
29 Apr 2019
Closed
29 Oct 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.