E-petitioner

Petitioning Parliament and Government

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Petitions to Parliament and Government and the work of the Petitions Committee.

Key Points: 
  • Petitions to Parliament and Government and the work of the Petitions Committee.
  • The current system for petitioning Parliament and the Government was established at the start of the 2015 Parliament.
  • The joint e-petitions system allows the public to create a petition online calling for action from the Government or Parliament.
  • This paper looks at the current system of petitioning Parliament and the Government and therole of the Petitions Committee established in 2015.

Behind the Scenes of the Petitions Committee

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Get a behind-the-scenes of the Petitions Committee

Key Points: 
  • The Petitions Committee celebrates its fourth birthday, and gives BBC journalist Jon Kelly a behind-the-scenes view of petitioning Parliament
    Earlier this month, the House of Commons Petitions Committee and the UK Parliament and Government petitions site celebrated their fourth birthday.
  • Thousands of petitions and millions of signatures have been added to the site since then.
  • The Petitions Committee has scheduled more than 130 debates and published over 800 Government responses to petitions.
  • BBC journalist Jon Kelly spent time with petitioners, as well as with the Petitions Committee and the staff of the Committee, to get a behind-the-scenes view of how petitioning Parliament works and how it can make a difference.

Behind the Scenes of the Petitions Committee

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Online petitions, Petitions Committee, Petition, European Parliament Committee on Petitions, Brexit, Politics and technology, Politics, Articles, UK Parliament petitions website, E-petitioner

Get a behind-the-scenes of the Petitions Committee

Key Points: 
  • The Petitions Committee celebrates its fourth birthday, and gives BBC journalist Jon Kelly a behind-the-scenes view of petitioning Parliament
    Earlier this month, the House of Commons Petitions Committee and the UK Parliament and Government petitions site celebrated their fourth birthday.
  • Thousands of petitions and millions of signatures have been added to the site since then.
  • The Petitions Committee has scheduled more than 130 debates and published over 800 Government responses to petitions.
  • BBC journalist Jon Kelly spent time with petitioners, as well as with the Petitions Committee and the staff of the Committee, to get a behind-the-scenes view of how petitioning Parliament works and how it can make a difference.