Matt Hancock should resign as Health Secretary with immediate effect.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Parliament needs to put pressure on the cabinet to request the Health Secretary, the Right Honorable Matthew John David Hancock MP, to tender his resignation for his handling of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Matt Hancock has proved himself to be completely out of his depth in his handling of the Coronavirus Pandemic, from having 16,000 positive covid test results that went missing due to them having been recorded on an unsecure excel file, to not providing health workers with correct PPE. Not only this, he was a major influence in the decision to go into 2 very damaging lockdowns, the second of which was implemented on data that has proved to be wildy inaccurate.

Why it was rejected

It was about honours or appointments, which petitions cannot cover.

We can't publish petitions about honours or appointments. That includes calling for Ministers to be sacked or to resign.

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Timeline

24 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
27 Nov 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Nov 2020

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