Check/enact all public petitions within 1 day of petitions receiving 10000 votes

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

At present, all petitions to parliament from members of the public need to receive 10000 signatures, and then wait over 4 weeks before possible listing in the house. This petitions seeks to force petitions to be discussed in parliament 1 day to 1 week after receiving 10000 signatures.

The Cooper/Letwin Bill had set a precedent that all articles going through the house should be set/debated and voted on within 1-7 days of presentation. Petitions should be no different. If back-benchers are allow to hijack parliamentary proceedings, then the public petitions should be given the same weight.

Why it was rejected

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

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Timeline

4 Apr 2019	Petition opened for signatures
25 Apr 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 25 Apr 2019

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