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Ignoring democracy; petitions
Topic Started: Sep 9 2015, 12:31 PM (45 Views)
skwirked
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Refugee crisis:

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Because the House of Commons has already had several opportunities to debate this issue, the Committee decided that the time was not right for another debate on the same issue.


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You recently signed a petition on the UK Government and Parliament Petitions website for: Benjamin Netanyahu to be arrested for war crimes when he arrives in London: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/105446

The Committee considered this petition, along with the Government’s response, on Tuesday 8 September.

Because the Government said in its response that the request made by the petition was something that it was not able to do under UK and international law, the Committee agreed that it would not take any further action on the petition.

It is still open to MPs who want a debate on this issue to find other opportunities, such as an application to the Backbench Business Committee:


Petty excuses to ignore the democratic will of hundreds of thousands of people.
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Alberich
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You would have us break both UK and international law, then? You really should engage brain before pounding a keyboard.
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skwirked
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There's no law that prevents countries from arresting people they suspect of being war criminals, the fact that our government is too spineless to do so speaks volumes.

Off topic though as the matter wasn't even debated, which was the point. The will of hundreds of k's of people has been ignored.

Perhaps follow your own advice.
Edited by skwirked, Sep 9 2015, 03:12 PM.
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Alberich
Sep 9 2015, 02:30 PM
You would have us break both UK and international law, then?
Even if it were illegal to arrest him, which I am far from convinced it is, we could prohibit his entry in the first place.

The Home Secretary has the right to refuse entry.

All The Best
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skwirked
Sep 9 2015, 03:09 PM
There's no law that prevents countries from arresting people they suspect of being war criminals, the fact that our government is too spineless to do so speaks volumes.

Off topic though as the matter wasn't even debated, which was the point. The will of hundreds of k's of people has been ignored.

Perhaps follow your own advice.
You cannot arrest anyone without evidence to give reasonable grounds to believe they may be acting in an unlawful manner.Without evidence there is no right to detain
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