ADDITION OF SIGNATURES TO PETITIONS TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS

Early day motion 1638, tabled 14 February 2006 by Grant Shapps (Conservative). Signed by 31 members.

That this House believes that signatures to petitions to the House should be collectable in electronic format when both a full postal address and an internet protocol address are collected and stored with the petitions record; and further believes electronically collected data and written signatures are equally valid means of adding signatures to petitions to the House.

Signatures by party: Conservative 15, Labour 9, Liberal Democrat 6, Scottish National Party 1.