Submitted on Wednesday 7th July 2021
Rejected on Monday 12th July 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it illegal to use personal accounts for official business and communication
People in public office have a duty to keep accurate, transparent records, for their successors and bodies that hold them to account. We want law enacted to make it mandatory to use official accounts for communication, outlawing personal accounts for communication in connection with public service.
The government are subject to their own code of practice. If public servants are using private email accounts to do public business, this could be hidden, overlooked, or made unavailable during freedom of information requests or investigations. By making it illegal to do public business on private accounts, you minimise corruption and lack of transparency while helping future officials. Matt Hancock is the latest MP to be investigated for conducting official business using personal email.
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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.
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