E-petitions get 6.4m signaturesFigures show 36,000 online petitions were submitted to the government in the first year after their launch and 12 people every minute are signing one.
Source: E-petitions get 6.4m signatures (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19266497#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa)