Petitions to Parliament don't always result in a change to law or policy as intended, but they can be an effective way of the public getting a message to those in power.
Most petitions to Parliament achieve little as they are raising a policy issue that MPs are divided on, and hence won't lead to any change. But some petitions can lead to change, and even lead to a debate in the House as happened to the petition of Claire Dale about mobility parks. It was debated
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