ONLINE petitions that attract more than 10,000 signatures are to receive a Government response, it has been announced.
At the moment, those e-petitions that are signed by more than 100,000 people on the Government's website become eligible for a debate in the House of Commons.
Leader of the Commons Andrew Lansley said yesterday that those with more than 10,000 names would trigger a departmental response, with a statement of the Government's policy and details of any relevant current parliamentary activity on the subject.
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