A modified version of the U.K. system seems to be.... Our institutions are really modelled after the U.K. institutions, and the great thing is that the behind-the-scenes work is also similar to ours. When we talk to the U.S., their system is so different. The “we the people” petitioning system is based out of the President's office. They don't have clerks. They have managers. If you go to the U.K. system, it's easy to see that if somebody gave us advice from there, we would be very familiar with how things work behind the scenes.
There are a few differences. For example, I mentioned the backbench committee. We don't have one. We would have to find some kind of substitute, and that would be, perhaps, the signatures of 10 MP sponsors. That's where I would definitely start.
I have talked to the House leader's office over there, as well as a few other organizations that would be happy to provide that information to you, if you'd like to call them as witnesses.