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Petitions backed by 100,000 signatures would now be considered for debate in Parliament and the website was moved to Directgov. [6] In the following year, a total of 36,000 petitions were submitted, attracting 6.4 million signatures. [7] After the closure of the Directgov website, the e-petitions were moved to the new GOV.UK website in October ...
British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918. Macmillan. ISBN 9781349022984. Day — Day, Samuel H. (1894). Election cases in 1892 and 1893: being a collection of the points of law and practice arising out of the parliamentary election petitions in those years, together with reports of the judgments. London: Stevens and Sons.
E-petitions can be submitted by British citizens and UK residents to the UK Government and Parliament via the UK Parliament petitions website. Petitions must be about something which Government or Parliament is responsible for, and must ask for a specific action from Parliament or Government. An e-petition must be signed by the petition creator ...
The UK Parliament petitions website has operated in various guises since 2006. [15] Beginning in 2011, a parliamentary committee considered holding a parliamentary debate for petitions attracting more than 100,000 signatures. [16] In 2015, the process was formalized within Parliament and a permanent Petitions Committee was established. [17]
New collections also include a web archive which maintains a history of the main parliamentary website and its many subsites. [5] In March 2021, the Parliamentary Archives became an Accredited Archive Service. [6] In March 2022, it was announced that the Parliamentary Archives would be relocating to The National Archives, Kew, by 2025. [1]
The petition, on Parliament's website – this remains open for signatures for six months, i.e. until 20 August 2019. "The Revoke Article 50 petition just became the most popular in Parliament website's history". The Independent. 23 March 2019. The Parliamentary debate on the petition, on Parliament's website
The Tumultuous Petitioning Act 1661 (13 Cha. 2 St. 1.c. 5) was an Act of the Parliament of England.Its long title was "An Act against Tumults and Disorders upon pretence of preparing or presenting publick Peticions or other Addresses to His Majesty or the Parliament".
Parliament Reference date Report title Tabled date 42nd 4 June 2008 Electronic petitioning to the House of Representatives [7] 16 November 2009 12 February 2008 The work of the first Petitions Committee: 2008-2010 [8] 21 June 2010 43rd 25 October 2010 The work of the Petitions Committee: 2010-2013 - An established part of the democratic process [9]