Petition · past parliament
Matt Hancock to apologise to Dr Rosena Allin-Khan for his derogatory response
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The Health Secretary should publicly apologise to the member for Tooting for the disrespectful way he replied to her question in Parliament.
Mr Hancock’s remark was sexist and derogatory to a female MP and totally uncalled for given the nature of the line of questioning on testing for Covid-19.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
We cannot accept petitions that call for an action relating to a particular individual. Statements by individual Ministers are a matter for those Ministers, and not the Government or House of Commons.
Timeline
| 5 May 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Jul 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
22 Jul 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.