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Tag Archives: e-petition
Labour Conference adopt Proportional Representation
This week we can focus on the financial statement that was set out by the Government on Friday Morning. Presumably MPs will reflect on that when Parliament reopens after the Labour and Conservative Conferences. Along with the opportunity for us … Continue reading
From tomorrow we are allowed to endorse the e-petitions
This image appeared a day or so ago which means that we will be able to start signing the e-petitons from tomorrow. The e-petitions can be obtained from here. There are a massive number of e-petitions and I wrote here … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged e-petition, Early Day Motion, Katherine Fletcher, Liz Truss
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Could Sussex people please sign this petition
This e-Petition is very significant, calling for the Government to hold a Referendum to enable our Nation to select whether they would be willing to adopt Proportional Representation. The person who has created the petition is William Tavernor who is … Continue reading
MPs must respond to communities including Universities
Every few days in Parliament, events or comments arise that are vital and need to be given a high profile. Last week when the House of Commons reopened there were a number of comments following the terrible murder of David … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety, Education, Parliament and Democracy, Policing, Youth Issues
Tagged e-petition, Peter Bottomley, Petitions, Sarah Everard
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Watch tonights Countryfile and then sign my petition
This e-Petition calls for the Government to reverse its decision not to fund charities such as FareShare. If you would like to find out more about why the petition was set out check out this page on this blog back … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Environment, Health Reform, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged e-petition, FareShare, Gleaning, Sussex Fareshare
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Teaching Britain’s colonial past in UK’s curriculum
This evening there will be a debate in Parliament based on a petition which received nearly 270,000 signatures until its closure in early December 2020. The MP who is organising the debate is Chris Evans, the MP for Islwyn. The … Continue reading
Should it be a crime for the Government to mislead the public?
At the end of November this e-petition under the title of “Make it a criminal offence for MPs to mislead the public” was set up and within a few days it had reached the first critical point of 10,000 signatures. … Continue reading
Parliament has challenged Boris over a public inquiry
Two weeks ago on 3rd November I wrote here after signing this petition which has the title “Hold a public inquiry into Government contracts granted during Covid-19”. It was authored by a chap called Christopher Humphris who set it out … Continue reading
An urgent public inquiry into Government contract decisions
At the beginning of October, a person called Christopher Humphris set out a very short, clear and uncomplicated petition. Within 2 weeks (the 16th October) his petition had gained 10,000 signatures which is a very significant number that requires a … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Christopher Humphris, COVID-19, e-petition, Marcus Rashford, Petitions
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A debate to ban the sale of Fireworks for the public
On occasions, the timing of Parliamentary debates and written responses by the Government seem to be rather weird. Clearly the availability of debates regarding petitions only restarted a couple of weeks ago and so there are a significant number of … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Economics, Environment, Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged e-petition, Fireworks, Kelly Tolhurst, Petitions, Tonia Antoniazzi
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