In November 2007, the House of Commons Procedure Committee launched an inquiry into e-petitions. The Committee is now launching an e-consultation as part of the inquiry.

This e-consultation aims to gather the views of the public and all interested parties. The Committee wants to know whether people would use an e-petitioning system and, if so, what they would expect from it.

The web address for the consultation site is: http://forums.parliament.uk/e-petitions

Members of the public are encouraged to contribute thier views. This will help to ensure that the system of e-petitioning eventually proposed by the Committee will be fit-for-purpose, meeting the needs of both Members of Parliament and their constituents.

The forum will run until Friday 18 February 2008. After that, contributions will be taken into account with the evidence received, as the Committee considers its final conclusions. They hope to publish our report before Easter.

4 January 2008