Submitted on Tuesday 24th March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 29th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop wages for all members of parliment for next 19 months because of COVID-19.
All members of Parliment should stop getting wages and any other claims as allowances to cover the costs of running an office and employing staff, and maintaining a constituency residence and others
In that challenging time politicians should show support to our budget and act as good example that we all can fight with COVID-19.
It should include all additional salaries as for appointments or additional duties, such as ministerial appointments, being a whip, chairing a select committee or chairing a Public Bill committee.
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We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for MPs' pay or expenses. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for deciding on MPs' expenses and pay. IPSA is independent of both Parliament and Government.
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