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Petition · past parliament

Ensure that MP's are not exempted from the new surveillance bill.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

The new surveillance bill was pushed into law, even though it was widely regarded as unwanted. MPs have amended the bill, making them exempt from it. Meaning that they also do not want the bill, but will allow it if they are not monitored by it.
This is an outrage.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Abolish the exemptions that MPs have received from the Investigatory Powers Act.

Timeline

7 Dec 2016 Petition opened for signatures
8 Dec 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Dec 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.