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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 ...
An election petition is a petition challenging the result of an election to a United Kingdom Parliament constituency.The Parliamentary Elections Act 1868 transferred the jurisdiction for considering petitions from the House of Commons to the law courts.
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]
When Parliament is dissolved, all open petitions on petition.parliament.uk are closed, and new petitions are not accepted. After a new Petitions Committee is set up by the House of Commons, closed petitions are not reopened. Petitions which reach 100,000 signatures are considered by the committee for debate. Petitions may not be put forward for ...
File:The European Parliamentary Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 2009 (UKSI 2009-1118).pdf
The Standing Committee on Petitions is a committee of the Australian House of Representatives responsible for the processing of petitions addressed to the House of Representatives. [1] The committee is governed by Standing Order 220 and consists of eight members, five government members and three non-government members.
The Committee on Petitions (PETI) is a permanent committee of the European Parliament to offer a petition process including a web portal to create and admit petitions. Its current chair, elected on 10 July 2019, is Dolors Montserrat, member of the EPP Group. [1] The right to petition is one of the fundamental rights of the European citizen and ...
The Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Act 2022 (c. 2) is an act of Parliament that implements parts of the New Decade, New Approach agreement made following the three-year suspension of the Northern Ireland Executive as agreed by the Government of the United Kingdom, Government of Ireland and the political parties of Northern Ireland.