Committees

Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 12 February 2019

12 February 2019

This week, the Committee's decisions included scheduling a debate on increasing funding for schools.

The Committee considered all e-petitions which had reached over 100,000 signatures, and those over 10,000 signatures which had received a government response, by Friday 8 February. 

Petitions which met these criteria after this date will be considered at the Committee's next meeting on Tuesday 26 February.

 

Petition debates

The Committee decided to schedule a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion “That this House has considered e-petition 232220 relating to funding for schools” on Monday 4 March at 4.30pm.  

Liz Twist MP, a member of the Committee, will open the debate. 

 

Petitions with over 10,000 signatures which have received a government response

The Committee agreed to request a clearer response from the Government, which addresses the petitioner's specific request.

The Committee noted the Government's response.

The Committee noted the Government's response.

The Committee noted the Government's response.

The Committee noted the Government's response.

 

Revised Government responses

The Committee noted the revised response, and requested that it be published. 

The Committee noted the revised response, and requested that it be published.

 

Public (paper) petitions with government responses

The following public (paper) petition received a written response from the Government and were noted by the Committee.

 

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