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Tag Archives: Petitions
Government and Parliament have made a bad decision
Many of us are involved in the petitions that we submit to the Government as we have done for many years. According to the e-petition website that “UK Government and Parliament” coordinates it that there is now a statement in the … Continue reading
EU roaming charges may surprise some of us
According to the Institute of Engineering and Technology there is a challenge that will face people who travel over to the EU area and use their telephones. They have spotted the call from Martin Lewis who is the founder of … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged EU, European Union, Jack Loughran, Petitions
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Some Tories are opposed to Proportional Representation
It is very clear that those of us who are keen to adopt Proportional Representation will need to challenge some of the Conservative Party and indeed to raise our views in challenge to them through options such as petitions. There … 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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The challenge of introducing well respected petitions
At the end of June, I introduced a petition which is still growing very slowly each day but thankfully it does grow each day. I thought it would be interesting to compare it against the petitions that are much more … Continue reading
The Parliament Petition team has made a very strange decision
The following item is todays piece – since I wrote it an email has come from Caroline Lucas – although it is at the end of the document, it is actually the latest item on this theme. Now back to … Continue reading
Matt, Kit and Priti want to severely restrict our rights to protest
Late last night following some protests that took place in London Nottingham and elsewhere during the day, Priti Patel raised her comments very clearly in the Sun Newspaper. In doing so was adding to her personal resistance for people who … 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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A major petition that requires a positive Government response
On the 15th October Marcus Rashford set out this petition onto the Government e-petition system. That was nearly a week before Parliament held their debate and a vote on the provision of free meals for children on low incomes through … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged e-petition, Marcus Rashford, Petitions
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