Petition · past parliament · Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
Allow petitions about nominations for peerages
Closed
48 signatures
What the petition asks
I want the Parliament to remove the restrictions within the petitions standards on calling for the removal of nominations for peerages. We believe it serves only to protect the systemic cronyism exploited through this archaic process.
We believe public standards of our elected representatives continue to fall deeper and deeper beneath what would have been rock bottom in any other era, and that the public should be allowed to petition against nominations for peerages, where they find these unacceptable.
There is no mechanism for democratic review of these nominations that seem increasingly to be awarded solely on the basis of political patronage.
In the absence of a proper reform or removal of the peerage system, a public right to reply seems appropriate.
There is no mechanism for democratic review of these nominations that seem increasingly to be awarded solely on the basis of political patronage.
In the absence of a proper reform or removal of the peerage system, a public right to reply seems appropriate.
Timeline
| 27 Jun 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 Dec 2023 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
48
Status
Closed
Department
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
Opened
27 Jun 2023
Closed
27 Dec 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.