I had this email on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
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Dear William Scott,<\/p>\n
You recently signed the petition:\u00a0A review into how the education system prepares students for the climate crisis\u00a0<\/strong>petition.parliament.uk\/petitions\/276983<\/a><\/p>\n Because of the General Election, the closing date for the petition you signed has changed. All petitions now have to close at 00:01am on 6 November. This is because Parliament will be dissolved, which means all parliamentary business \u2013 including petitions \u2013 will come to an end until after the election. This means the petitions site will be closed and people will not be able to start or sign petitions.<\/p>\n We\u2019re sorry we weren\u2019t able to give you more notice that this would happen.<\/p>\n The petition will be available for people to read on the site even though it will be closed for signatures. This petition won\u2019t be reopened after the election.<\/p>\n The Government can\u2019t respond to petitions during the election period. This means if the petition has over 10,000 signatures, it can\u2019t receive a response from the current Government after 5 November. After the election, the new Government will have to decide whether it wants to respond to petitions from before the election.<\/p>\n The current Petitions Committee, the group of MPs who decide whether petitions are debated, won\u2019t exist after 6 November. This means that if the petition has over 100,000 signatures, it can\u2019t be scheduled for debate during this Parliament. After the election, there will be a new Petitions Committee, and they will be responsible for deciding which petitions are debated.<\/p>\n The petitions site will open again after the election, but at the moment we don\u2019t know exactly when. You can follow us on Twitter @HoCPetitions<\/a> for updates, or check back on the petitions site for news if you prefer.<\/p>\n