Currently there's a choice of three, six, or twelve months, which the petitioner chooses. We thought it was important at the start to give petitioners that choice. But I think it's one of the things, through experience, we've discovered is probably more problematic than it is helpful. Most people, if they put three months, then get to two and a half months, and think I'd actually like a longer time to gather more signatures. So I think we're going to go for a standard length, but it will probably be towards the longer six or twelve months. But that's one of the issues that's currently being discussed with the Procedure Committee in the House, as to what a sensible length of time would be for a petition to remain active.
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