Conservative MPs said they had received supportive letters from angry constituents-presumably by E-mail.

保守党议员表示，他们已经从愤怒的选民那里收到支持信件——估计是通过e - mail。

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Ministers responded to criticism of a perceived lack of parliamentary time for MPs to debate e-petitions by introducing a new, regular slot for such debates in MPs' secondary debating chamber, Westminster Hall, on Mondays.

BBC: More e-petitions to receive government responses

Although all of the 11 petitions will soon have been debated in either the Commons or Westminster Hall, the first debate prompted by an e-petition was notable for the failure of participating MPs to address directly the e-petitioners' demand for rioters to be stripped of benefits payments.

BBC: More e-petitions to receive government responses

Since anyone in the press gallery can see the glow of i-phones and i-pads as MPs tweet and e-mail through debates, that last one is more a case of catching up with reality than breaking through into the 21st century.

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