Online petitions for Wales and Westminster
25th April 2008, 3:25 pm
E-democracy seems to be flavour of the month.
– The National Assembly for Wales has set up an e-petition system, enabling the creation and collection of petitions online, http://www.assemblywales.org/gethome/e-petitions.htm. This is one of a number of ‘enhanced e-democracy services’ launched last week (15th April), including online forums for committee inquiries. News item.
– The Procedure Committee of the House of Commons has recommended that it should reclaim the role of receiving and responding to public petitions for the internet age. This would reflect the historic right of every commoner to prepare and present petitions to the House. The report, with links to sample web pages, news item on Kable.