Submitted on Wednesday 8th February 2023
Rejected on Monday 13th February 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Defund fossil fuel companies & correctly fund our NHS in %GDP- NOT "real terms"
We want the UK government to remove the funding and subsidies of fossil fuel companies who posted record profits (e.g. Shell: $40Bn, BP: $27Bn). We want taxation of this profit to directly fund our NHS which- despite increased "real terms" spending- has seen funding cuts in terms of %GDP since 2010.
Between 2010-2019 ('pre-covid') NHS funding as a function of %GDP (Gross Domestic Product), the wealth created by the people- has declined (7.5% to 7.0%). Over this timeframe NHS waiting lists doubled from 2 to 4million.
Compared to the timeframe of 2001-2009, funding grew by 2.5%GDP. In this time, waiting lists peaked at ~4million, but declined to ~2million.
There's clear trend between funding (in %GDP)& the quality of care the NHS can provide. Meanwhile fossil fuels kill us with tax money.
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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.
We understand that you want to see changes to Government policy in respect of fossil fuel companies, and the NHS, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
Your petition refers to financial support for and taxes on fossil fuel companies, but it's not clear if you want to see increased taxes on the profits of fossil fuel companies, or just for the revenues from existing taxes to be spent solely on the NHS.
Your petition also refers to funding the NHS as a % of GDP, but as the rest of your petition is about redirecting the revenue of taxes on fossil fuel companies, it's not clear how you want this to work.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
End All Government Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Companies: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/621583
Double funding for the NHS: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/632024
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