Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 28 June 2016
29 June 2016
This week's decisions included scheduling a debate on an e-petition relating to changes to the student loans agreement.
- Role of the Committee
- Working methods of the Committee
- Previous decisions of the Committee
- Petitions Committee
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 24 June 2016.
Petitions which met these criteria after this date will be considered at the Committee's next meeting on Tuesday 5 July 2016.
Petitions with over 100,000 signatures
The Committee decided to schedule a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion "That this House has considered e-petition 131167 relating to changes to the student loans agreement" on Monday 18 July 2016 at 4.30pm.
Helen Jones MP, Chair of the Petitions Committee, will lead the debate.
The Committee has decided to defer its decision on this petition until the Government Digital Service has done all it can to verify the signatures on the petition. We have already had to remove 77,000 fraudulent signatures.
The Committee wishes to make clear that, although it may choose to schedule a debate on this petition in due course, it only has the power to schedule debates in Westminster Hall – the second debating chamber of the House of Commons. Debates in Westminster Hall do not have the power to change the law, and could not trigger a second referendum.
Petitions with over 10,000 signatures which have received a government response
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.
The Committee's next meeting will be on Tuesday 12 July 2016.
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