The Parliament of the United Kingdom receives an average of 100 to 200 petitions every year. Members of Parliament first present the petitions behind the scene and then on the floor in the House of Commons. They usually give notice a day before, and it appears on the Order Paper. The short statement of the petition is read. There are no speeches and no debates. They hand the petitions to the clerk who places them in a bag. This process of submitting a petition appears in Hansard as a standard Order of the House. The House itself takes action, and has few options. The petition is then referred to a particular Minister and the Select Committee. Whilst conducting an inquiry, government does not get any formal request for it to respond to a petition.