Submitted on Tuesday 19th March 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 26th March 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Save paper: politicians are to reply by email in response to email inquiries.
Letters from politicians (in response to email queries or complaints), are often replied to by post, on quality paper.
It seems apropos for parliament to enter the digital age, reducing the impact upon the environment and the cost to the taxpayer.
Expense claims falling as a result.
As an activist I write frequently to MP's and in the main, I do so by email. For those who are able to generate an email inquiry it demonstrates access to the internet and in such a case, an email response is perfectly acceptable.
We are now at a stage in history where consumerism threatens to destroy us - it seems a perfect time in history to at least reduce the cost of mailing out replies on paper when it is no longer necessary.
For those who write beautiful letters - long may it continue.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This is a decision for individual politicians, not the UK Government or Parliament as a whole.
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