Committees

Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 1 May 2018

1 May 2018

This week the Committee's decisions included scheduling debates on an e-petition relating to a referendum of the House of Lords, and safe standing at football grounds.

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 27 April. 

Petitions which met these criteria after this date will be considered at the Committee's next meeting on Tuesday 8 May.

 

Petitions debates

The Committee decided to schedule a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion “That this House has considered e-petition 209433 relating to a referendum on the abolition of the House of Lords” on Monday 18 June at 4.30pm. 

Paul Scully MP, a member of the Committee, will open the debate.

 

The Committee decided to schedule a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion “That this House has considered e-petition 207040 relating to allowing Premier League and Championship football clubs to introduce safe standing” on Monday 25 June at 4.30pm. 

Luke Hall MP, a member of the Committee, will open the debate.

 

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

The Committee noted the Government's response.

The Committee decided to write to the Government to ask for a more direct response to the petitioner's request.

The Committee noted the Government's response.

The Committee noted the Government's response.

 

Public (paper) petitions with government responses

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

 

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