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An online petition filed against the alleged £9m government campaign to promote EU membership by sending pro-EU leaflets to 27 million UK homes from next week will now be considered for debate in Parliament after securing over 100,000 signatures. According to the leave campaigners, “one sided” campaign is an “outrageous” use of taxpayers’ money.
Whereas on the other hand, the PM said has reiterated that his government is “not neutral” and backed remaining in the EU and it was right to explain why. Cameron has faced sheer for managing the publicly funded campaign to further the government’s position on the EU referendum, which would see leaflets delivered to every UK home from next week. The petition launched the Get Britain Out group on the government’s e-Petitions site, entitled “Stop Cameron spending British taxpayers’ money on pro-EU referendum leaflets,” had more than 120,000 signatures on Friday morning.
In its response, Cameron’s government has pointed out that the EU Referendum Act 2015 “commits the government to provide information to the public on EU membership ahead of the vote, and that is what we will do.” It is not necessary that every petition securing 100,000 signatures should be debated by MPs in the Commons, but all must be considered. This year, five petitions lodged during this Parliament have been ruled out for debate whereas seven, including the EU leaflet campaign, have more than 100,000 signatures but have not yet been considered for debate by the cross-party Petitions Committee.
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