Submitted on Wednesday 21st July 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 27th July 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Prevent the reformation of the Official Secrets Act.
Prevent all proceedings that seek to reform the Official Secrets Act. An independent inquiry must be fully carried out upon the government’s activity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The reformation of the Official Secrets Act would prevent such an inquiry, leaving vital information undisclosed.
The government have made mistakes throughout the Pandemic that has cost the lives and livelihoods of a vast number of people across the nation. British citizens deserve to know the truth of the events of the past 18 months, and have the right to scrutinise our public leaders and their decisions. To treat journalists and whistleblowers as spies and threaten them with 14 years in prison for essentially not glorifying the government is immoral and damaging to freedom of speech and the press.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
Public inquiries have statutory powers, including on the receipt of evidence. You can read more here
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn06410/
We're not sure what you mean by "reformation of the Official Secrets Act would prevent such an inquiry."
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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