Government to move e-petitions

Government sources have indicated that the most popular e-petition will provide the foundations of a parliamentary bill, and that any receiving more than 100,000 signatures will be debated in the House, reports the Guardian . A spokesperson also announced that the e-petition system will be moved from the 10 Downing Street website to Directgov. Efforts will also be made to ensure that those people petitioning the new website are registered voters rather than what are described as "super users", the kind of people that repeatedly back a petition on an issue. The government is also looking at how petitions can be converted on to Facebook and other social media sites so petitioners can keep in touch with one another as they campaign for a particular issue to be taken up either by ministers or backbenchers.