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Petitioning 10 Downing Street
A guide for those who work for an MP
Added 12 March 2004
updated 30 November 2006
updated 25 April 2007
Taking a petition to 10 Downing Street can
provide an excellent photo opportunity and highlight a campaign in a way
that could be attractive to your local press. It’s also a relatively
simple thing to organise.
- In the first instance, all petition requests go
to have to go to the Downing Street Liaison Office on tel. 020 7321
7154 where all the details will be arranged. The Prime Minister never
meets petitioners – even if they are cute children or war veterans.
- The Police will send you a form to complete and return to them. They need as much notice as possible, as they have to make arrangements with Downing Street.
- Up
to six petitioners may come in a group but you will need to give their
names to the Police in advance.
- Time slots for delivering petitions are allocated by the Police, so you will need to ask them which times are available. The Police have a lot of people to accommodate, so if your desired time slot is not available, please be flexible. The earlier you apply, the more chance you have of getting the time you want.
- Any journalists or photographers who wish to attend should be properly NUJ accredited and will be counted in addition to the six petitioners allowed.
- If
the cause is worthwhile, try to get your MP into the picture.
- Remember,
your constituents have probably come a long way to petition the Prime
Minister. If you can,
give them a short tour of the Palace and buy them a drink in the
Terrace Cafeteria. Make them feel they have had a day out!
KL/April
2007
KL/November
2006
AH/March
2004
Thanks very much to the extremely helpful staff of Charing Cross Police Station and the Downing Street Liaison Office for their assistance in updating this guide.
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