Petition · past parliament
To remove or reduce Parliament’s recess dates whilst there is a national crisis
Rejected
20 signatures
What the petition asks
During this declared National Crisis over Brexit, which currently grinds this country down economically and physically, I petition Parliament to reduce the summer recess time table, in order for MPs to have more time to find a way forward, or a resolution.
About the recess, Labour’s Margaret Hodge stated in 2013 “We are not spending enough time in Westminster, and this creates a democratic vacuum. The executive can go on and you cannot hold them to the account. It feels as if we are hardly working."
Link https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/21/mps-lazy-hours-margaret-hodge
Link https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/21/mps-lazy-hours-margaret-hodge
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 24 May 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Jun 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
20
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 Jun 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.