Hold a vote on re-instating the fracking ban without whips involved

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Fracking was deemed as dangerous and a risk to the country. Truss held a vote (19/10/22), where MPs were told regardless of their actual views, they had to agree to approve fracking or they would lose the whip ie. be thrown out of the Conservative party. Truss is gone. Let's hold an honest vote.

The vote was unfair and there are allegations of bullying, manhandling amongst the fact it was said, agree with fracking or lose your membership, 'it is a vote of confidence' in the Conservative party. This was not true and that message was withdrawn AFTER the vote. It is too important an issue to be tied to a whip. MPs said that they voted against their own judgement for the sake of the whip. Liz resigned the next day and we are left with this poor result. Many of her policies have been reversed.

Please hold an honest vote and we can abide by the honest result.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Decisions on whipping are a matter for individual parties and not for the UK Government or Parliament to decide.

Timeline

20 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
24 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Oct 2022

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