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About Petitions
Simply defined, a petition is a formal request to an authority for redress of a grievance. Petitions addressed to the House of Commons and presented to the House by its Members constitute one of the most direct means of communication between the people and Parliament.
e-Petitions
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Electronic petitions were established in 2015. Roughly 200 e-petitions are open for signature every year and gather over 500,000 signatures annually.
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If you wish to put forward an e-petition that is not identical or substantially the same as one already open for signature, you may start a new one.
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The government responds within 45 calendar days to every petition presented to the House of Commons, both paper and electronic.
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