Submitted on Monday 30th March 2020
Rejected on Friday 15th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Hold the PM accountable for the waste of taxpayers' money on coronavirus letter
Boris Johnson is writing to every UK household, which is a huge waste of resources at these hours of need. It has no use and MPs should raise questions on this matter. The PM should answer for his actions. The ordinary taxpayers would like to know the justification of such misuse of public funds.
The Prime Minister should be held accountable for such misuse of public funds, which could be put to better use in many essentials such as our decade long underfunded NHS. At this time of health crisis that also has an associated possibility of a financial crisis looming ahead. As the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is expected to justify his actions of luxury that has no impact on the outbreak itself, only a burden on the shoulder of the treasury. The matter deserves to be debated in parliament.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand that you want the Prime Minister's decision to write to every UK household to be investigated, but it's not clear exactly what you want to happen. Individual MPs are responsible for the questions they ask of Ministers, and it is not clear how you want the Prime Minister to be held accountable.
We have published a petition calling for the Government to hold a Public Inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302576
If you would like to request a different action, you could start a new petition requesting this.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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