{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/16248.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":16248,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Petitions with over 100,000 signatures to be guaranteed a parliamentary debate","background":null,"additional_details":"Currently, petitions which gain 100,000 signatures are offered only \"consideration\" for parliamentary debate.  I propose a new parliamentary rule, or law - if necessary, is adopted such that any petition that is signed by more than 100,000 citizens should be guaranteed a parliamentary debate.\r\n\r\nProblems of potential time wasting can be addressed by allowing any Member of the House to propose a motion to cut-short the debate at any time, thereby allowing debates to be abandoned if the majority of the house wish.\r\n\r\nHowever, I feel it is important for democracy that the House, and not the government of the day, should have the ultimate decision over whether a debate should proceed.  I propose the best way of making this happen is to guarantee that a debate will commence for every petition that reaches 100,000 signatures.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-09-06T16:19:36.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:13.136Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:35:22.315Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-09-06T16:19:36.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}