Submitted on Thursday 5th September 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 11th September 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
J. Rees-Mogg to apologise to Dr Nicholl or repeat his remarks outside parliament
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s comments within the Commons about Dr. David Nicholl are a disgraceful and cowardly abuse of parliamentary privilege.
He should either apologise for comparing an expert’s measured opinion to a proven liar and charlatan, or allow Dr. Nicholl the opportunity to legally respond.
This has been widely reported on September 5th 2019. I include sources below:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/05/rees-mogg-condemned-for-comparing-doctor-to-disgraced-anti-vaxxer-autism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/jacob-rees-mogg-compares-nhs-consultant-to-doctor-blamed-for-mmr-vaccine-scare-11802903
https://www.bma.org.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/2019/september/jacob-rees-mogg-attack-on-dr-david-nicholl-utterly-disgraceful
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the statements of individual MPs and Ministers. However you might like to know that the Leader of the House has subsequently apologiesed to Dr Nicholl
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