Change Parliamentary voting procedure to always allow remote voting.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Enable MPs who are absent through sickness or other commitments to fully participate in the democratic process of Parliament, enabling their constituents to be represented in those debates and votes.

Currently, if an MP is absent for whatever from Parliament during a debate or vote then they cannot vote. The pairing system limits democracy as it stops a paired MP from voting according to their wishes too - so potentially two sets of constituents are not represented.

Remote debates and voting were shown to be possible in the early days of Covid.

This would also reduce the burden on MPs from the further reaches from London to travel down, limiting their constituency work.

Why it was rejected

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

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you want MPs to be able to vote remotely, but it's not clear if you also want MPs to be able to take part in debates remotely.

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

Timeline

4 Nov 2021	Petition opened for signatures
8 Nov 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Nov 2021

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