In 2011, the most popular citizen-created petitions on the Direct.gov.uk Website will be drafted as legislation in the UK Parliament, and petitions receiving a certain level of support will be guaranteed a debate in the House of Commons, according to stories in The Guardian and The Financial Times published 28 December 2010.
This ePetition measure seems to implement the Referendum Bill / Alternative Vote provision of section 6 of the 2010 Liberal Democrat – Conservative coalition agreement.
Tags: Citizen participation in lawmaking, Direct democracy, Direct.gov.uk, egovernment, eparticipation, epetitions, Financial Times, Guardian, Referenda, UK Alternative Vote, UK Referendum Bill
