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Petition · past parliament

One million signature petitions must be debated in the House Of Commons chamber.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Government can choose to accept or ignore petitions. All UK Government and Parliament website petitions that reach one million signatures should automatically gain a full debate in the main chamber of 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.

Debate petitions with over 1,000,000 signature in the main chamber.

Timeline

2 Sep 2019 Petition opened for signatures
9 Sep 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Sep 2019

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