Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 15 January 2019
15 January 2019
This week the Committee's decisions included scheduling a debate on college funding.
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 11 January.
Petitions which met these criteria after this date will be considered at the Committee's next meeting on Tuesday 22 January.
Petitions debates
The Committee decided to schedule a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion “That this House has considered e-petition 229744 relating to college funding” on Monday 21 January at 4.30 pm.
Daniel Zeichner 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.
Revised Government responses
The Committee noted the Government's response, and requested that it be published.
The Committee noted the Government's response, and requested that it be published.
Public (paper) petitions with government responses
The following public (paper) petitions received a written response from the Government and were noted by the Committee.
- Green Deal Scheme (presented by Alan Brown MP, Patricia Gibson MP and Martyn Day MP)
- Review the regulations and control of fireworks (presented by Martyn Day MP)
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