Petition · past parliament
The Government must consider all legitimate, well-administered petitions.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The U.K. govt must consider all petitions, whether they are on their petitions website or not. Historically, anyone can start a petition and if appropriately-run and well-supported they have been considered by govt. This must not change. The govt must not have a monopoly on petitions.
Jacob Rees-Mogg recently turned away a petition which was supported by over a quarter of a million people because it had been run on the change.org website.
Organisations like change.org and 38degrees.org monitor and administer their petitions to ensure legitimacy of signatures and to prohibit repeat signing.
Such petitions, and others, should not be overlooked.
The government should not have a monopoly over petitions.
The government is there to serve the people, not to control them.
Organisations like change.org and 38degrees.org monitor and administer their petitions to ensure legitimacy of signatures and to prohibit repeat signing.
Such petitions, and others, should not be overlooked.
The government should not have a monopoly over petitions.
The government is there to serve the people, not to control them.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 18 Jun 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 28 Aug 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
28 Aug 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.