On the last day of October our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting (123,077 signatures) was debated alongside another, so-called rival, e-petition to protect grouse shooting (which still languishes under 25,000 signatures despite being over half way through its allotted time). Having let a month pass I’ll now return to what was said on that…
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That rival e-petition
The ‘rival’ e-petition, the one which aims to protect driven grouse shooting, is half way through its six month existence. It must reach at least 100,000 signatures for respectability and to give any credence to the idea that driven grouse shooting is a remotely popular activity. At the halfway stage it is floundering at under…
RSPB getting tough?
There are two recent RSPB blogs which are well worth a read – aren’t they all, always? Martin Harper’s blog is pretty outspoken as these quotes will make clear (but please read it all): it was a deeply frustrating debate – especially to the 123,000 that called for a ban and of course those seeking…
Debate rules
I have heard from both the Chair of the Petitions Committee, Helen Jones MP, and Steve Double MP who both confirm that the MP leading a Westminster Hall debate on an e-petition is under no obligation to say anything positive about the e-petition at all, nor even to be neutral. I am grateful to them…
Dear Mr Double
Dear Mr Double I am writing as the petitioner of the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting which was debated in Westminster Hall last week. As a member of the Petitions Committee you were given the job of leading the debate. I need to tell you that your behaviour was unacceptable. I write to put…