Submitted on Thursday 9th April 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 20th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Block MPs from accessing £10,000 in expenses to work from home.
Parliament should block the motion for MPs to access individual expenses of £10,000 to work from home during this unprecedented time. NHS workers and other frontline staff are risking their lives with no protection, and there is no mass testing available for these people, or the general public.
Invest this additional money into providing appropriate PPE for frontline staff and key workers (NHS, care sector, postal workers, supermarket staff, delivery drivers). Invest this money into ventilators, COVID-19 testing kits and further scientific research to providing a vaccine for Coronavirus.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for MPs' pay. 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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