Steve1872 4 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 e-petitions are an easy, personal way for you to influence government and Parliament in the UK. You can create an e-petition about anything that the government is responsible for and if it gets at least 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in the House of Commons. You can find more information about how the House of Commons deals with e-petitions on the Backbench Business Committee website This link opens in a new window. one example- Call for the Prime Minister to intervene in the HMRC v Rangers Football Club tax issue Responsible department: Her Majesty's Treasury Rangers Football Club are one of the biggest sporting insitutions in Britain in terms of support,stadium,history and trophies won. There is a need for a swift resolution to the tax case with HMRC, the way the club was run in the last 14 years by Sir David Murray as well as the last 9 months by Craig Whyte and any administration or liquidiation so that the club can prosper once more. There is a precedent with the prime minister lending his support to Portsmouth FC. Will he do the same for fans of Rangers FC http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29635 something like this for sfa/spl 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Moon 1,284 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 e-petitions are an easy, personal way for you to influence government and Parliament in the UK. You can create an e-petition about anything that the government is responsible for and if it gets at least 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in the House of Commons. You can find more information about how the House of Commons deals with e-petitions on the Backbench Business Committee website This link opens in a new window.one example- Call for the Prime Minister to intervene in the HMRC v Rangers Football Club tax issue Responsible department: Her Majesty's Treasury Rangers Football Club are one of the biggest sporting insitutions in Britain in terms of support,stadium,history and trophies won. There is a need for a swift resolution to the tax case with HMRC, the way the club was run in the last 14 years by Sir David Murray as well as the last 9 months by Craig Whyte and any administration or liquidiation so that the club can prosper once more. There is a precedent with the prime minister lending his support to Portsmouth FC. Will he do the same for fans of Rangers FC http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29635 something like this for sfa/spl This is definitely an avenue worth considering. I would suggest doing it through a committee. It would need to be carefully worded or it won't qualify. The other factor is to check that somenoe hasn't done this already because they won't accept a similar one. We should ask for an enquiry. Whatever happened to the parliamentary enquiry into Scottish football? Haven't heard any more about that. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I don't think any of us have done it yet, but pressure must be brought to bear on the renvenue dept and with any luck, what's behind the SFA/SPL's complete and utter rotten, rubbish way they've handled this/us case. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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