Submitted on Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Rejected on Friday 12th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow Remote Voting for MPs unable to attend Parliament
The Government's removal of remote voting during the coronavirus pandemic has left many MPs unable to vote in parliamentary debates stripping them of a core principle of our democracy.
This must be reversed immediately to restore democratic representation to the affected MPs constituents.
The government must immediately introduce remote voting for MPs who are shielding or otherwise unable to attend Parliament.
This will protect UK citizens democratic right to be represented in Parliament and hold the government to account.
The current proposals effectively removes democracy from millions of citizens based on a lottery of whether their MP is able to attend Parliament or not.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
The virtual parliament must remain in place whilst social distancing exists: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/321924
Keep virtual parliament options for MPs who are shielding or isolating: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323109
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 find 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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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