Submitted on Thursday 12th September 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 18th September 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Mr Rees-Mogg must retract inaccurate comments he made about Dr Nicholl.
Dr Nicholl, an expert contributor to the government's Yellowhammer report on the impact of a no-deal Brexit, raised significant patient safety concerns. Mr Rees-Mogg suggested he was scaremongering and made deplorable comments comparing Dr Nicholl to discredited ex-researcher Andrew Wakefield.
The BMA described these comments as ‘utterly disgraceful’, saying that they could not be subject to a defamation action as they were made in Parliament. They also pointed out that far from ‘fearmongering’, he was raising concerns which were widely and justifiably held among doctors.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This a matter for Mr Rees-Mogg, rather than the Government or Parliament as a whole.
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