In London, a Procedure Committee’s eConsultation on e-petitions has been asked by the House of Commons to propose an e-petitions system with the following key elements: Members should be engaged with e-petitions as they are with written petitions; e-petitions should be open for the addition of e-signatures for a certain period before formal presentation; once presented they should have the same status as written petitions.
A forum will run until Friday 15 February 2008. After that, contributions from citizens will be taken into account with the evidence received, as they consider their final conclusions. According to Greg Knight, Chairman of the Procedure Committee, the report will be published before Easter and "the Government will then have to respond to the recommandations we make".
