The Government has tabled a motion proposing that an early general election be held. The motion is in the terms set out in section 2(2) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. If agreed to by a super-majority of the House of Commons, an early election will take place in accordance with that Act.In the event…
Category: e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting
The RSPB and game shooting
Saturday’s welcome announcement from the RSPB that they are reviewing their position over game shooting is just that – welcome. None of us yet knows what that review will look like nor what, if anything, the RSPB has in mind might change; but we can guess. First, you don’t announce a review if your attention…
Waiting for a debate date
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There are only six open petitions on the Westminster parliament website which have overtopped the 100,000 signatures and are therefore eligible for a debate in Westminster Hall. Of those, one is about to become largely irrelevant (and is talked about incessantly anyway), two have been debated, one has had a debate date set and two,…
After one month
It’s exactly a month since this e-petition launched and we are over 106,000 signatures. That’s amazing! Here’s the ever-growing list of constituencies with more than 200 signatures already (as of this morning): Calder Valley, Craig Whittaker MP (Con), 491 signatures Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Drew Hendry MP (SNP), 489 signatures High Peak, Ruth George…
Four weeks – 106,000 signatures to ban driven grouse shooting
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It’s exactly four weeks since this e-petition launched and we are over 106,000 signatures. That’s amazing! I see that Calder Valley has just overtaken Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey on signatures – I reckon it will end up as top constituency when all e-petitions close ahead of a general election some time after 14 October….