Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
UK Parliament Explored: Petitions
UK Parliament
This course explored the role of petitions to the UK Parliament. The course materials covered how petitioning the UK Parliament works, the role of the Petitions Select Committee and explored the range of themes and issues people petitioned Parliament about in 2015-17.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Claire Bogue
Senior Learning Projects Officer
UK Parliament
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Develop your understanding of how petitions to the UK Parliament work, including what happens when a petition achieves specified milestones.
- Explore the work of the Petitions Select Committee and gain a greater understanding of their role in the petitioning process.
- Discuss the potential outcomes petitions can achieve and reflect on petitioning as a form of political participation.
- Reflect on how petitions have effected change through discussing historical and contemporary case studies.
Syllabus
- An overview of how petitions to the UK Parliament work
- An introduction to the role and work of the Petitions Select Committee
- Paper petitions and how they are presented in the House of Commons Chamber
- Key milestones for e-petitions, including receiving a Government response and triggering a parliamentary debate
- An overview of themes and issues people petitioned about between 2015-2017
- Historical petitioning and how people used petitions as a form of political participation
- Contemporary petitions – What can they achieve? What constitutes success?
- Beyond petitioning, getting your voice heard in Parliament.
Issued on 14th November 2017
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