Thanks to the many thousands who have already signed. This all adds to the pressure on Labour to stop the government taking this unprecedented action of overruling parliament with a Ministerial decree. 

The key point I have made to Emily Thornberry MP, Labour's Shadow Attorney General, is that my Fatal Motion in the Lords does not stop the government passing new legislation in a government bill; but it does stop Ministers from using secondary legislation (a decree) to overturn a decision already taken by parliament.

On Tuesday, Labour will whip their peers to pass a Motion of Regret - a loud tut, tut - and a vote on my Fatal Motion will be straight after. All we are asking is for the Labour peers to stay another few minutes and to vote in favour of parliamentary democracy.

Most of the legislation in recent years has been in the form of so called "skeleton bills" which grant Ministers the discretion to make up new laws while by-passing scrutiny by peers or MPs. This amounts to a transfer of power to the executive and away from parliament. For example, the retained EU Law Bill allows Ministers to delete or change 1,600 environmental laws without consulting MPs or peers. If we allow the government to get away with this draconian change to the laws of protest, which parliament has already rejected, then other major changes to environmental and workplace protections will follow.