What they found—and this is why the U.K. witnesses are so important. When they put this system into place, they had this initial big spike. Everybody was very excited about it and you did get all kinds of ideas, but as it moves through the process you find that there's a culture that develops around it. Within the country people get used to the system and we're finding fewer and fewer petitions that are questionable, more that are serious. People have thought them through, not just the people who sponsor them, but the signatories as well. They're finding that people will not sign things which they don't think are worth signing.
There is evidence I could present to you that shows the graph of how it's worked. It's settled into something that people now accept as a serious piece of business and they don't abuse it. It shows by the number of debates that have come forward, which is one every two months.
I will mention some of the topics that have made it through in the U.K. system. One was asking for full government disclosure and publication of all documents, discussions, and reports relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. That was a soccer stadium that burned to the ground and there was never an inquiry. The local people there.... If you ever go to that area you know it's something that haunts the area. They were able to get 100,000 signatures and have a debate in the House on it which was a tremendous success.