Stop MP's £10k extra expense claims for working at home during Covid-19,

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Lots of people in the uk are working at home during Covid-19, and cannot claim expenses when working at home for phone bills, laptops, printers and electricity, so why should the MP's, with relaxed rules of not producing receipts will just get abused again by MP's, when the NHS is on its knees.

Parliament should reject this offer of £10k extra, if they have used it then all receipts must be produced at submitting the expense, and high reprimand for those that abuse the system. the money should go to the NHS.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for MPs' pay. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for deciding on MPs' expenses and pay. IPSA is independent of both Parliament and Government.

You can find out more about IPSA here: https://www.theipsa.org.uk/about-us/

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

9 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
20 May 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 May 2020

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