Govt pulls IDEA e petition about EAGA
Friday, 07 Aug 09
An e petition created by Jim Gillespie, Chairman of IDEA about EAGA doing EPC work has been mysteriously removed from the website two weeks before the petition was due to end.
In an unpresidented step the e petition has been withdrawn and an immediate response has been made by Government, even though the petition at the time of being withdrawn didn't have the necessary 500 votes required to evoke an official response from No10. In the Government response they say:
We have been alerted to several issues with the petition about eaga. We recognise that it was accepted in error and have removed the petition from the site.
Jim Gillespie says "this is a very strange move by Government. These e petitions are thoroughly scrutinised before being uploaded and indeed it was some 3 weeks from lodging the petition request to it actually appearing on the 10 Downing St petition website. Their actions and written response today are very curious indeed. Needless to say IDEA will be taking this matter further."
Details of the e petition wording and the Government response can be found here:
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page17884
