Rejected petition e-petition of 100,000 MUST be debated not might be debated

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Petition requesting the government to make it a statutory requirement, compelling the government, to set aside sufficient time to debate any subject which receives over 100,000 signatures. This debated to be conducted within six months of the date the petition receives the necessary number of signatures.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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Date submitted 4 August 2011
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