Debate: online abuse

Petitions Committee schedules Westminster Hall debate on online abuse

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URL: 
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/news-parliament-2017/oa-inquiry-debate-29-04/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/news-parliament-2017/oa-inquiry-debate-29-04/
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Friday, April 26, 2019
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Petitions Committee, Politics and technology, Online petitions, Brexit, Petition, European Parliament Committee on Petitions, Articles, Politics, Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU petition, Technology, UK Parliament petitions website
Summary
Key Points: 
  • The Petitions Committee undertook an inquiry into online abuse and the experience of disabled people, following a petition started by Katie Price.
  • The Petitions Committee produced a report on this inquiry, which received a response from the Government.
  • The Petitions Committee has the power to schedule debates on e-petitions in the House of Commons Second Chamber, Westminster Hall.
  • Petition debates in Westminster Hall cannot directly change the law or result in a vote to implement the request of the petition.
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