{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/32253.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":32253,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude caused unnecessary, nation-wide panic by suggesting people fill up Jerry cans with Fuel. We demand he resign.","background":null,"additional_details":"On Tuesday 20th March, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude suggested, on the National news, that drivers should fill up their cars to 2/3rd's tank plus any spare Jerry cans, with petrol and keep them in garages.\r\n\r\nThese irresponsible comments have caused uneccesary panic-buying and have been widely criticised by petrol retailers and fire safety experts.\r\n\r\nConveniently, according to the AA, fuel sales in just 24 hours could have earned the Treasury an extra £32m in excise duty.\r\n\r\nTransport minister Mike Penning said Mr Maude's comments had been a \"mistake\"; \"He didn't understand the size of a jerrycan, he has apologised since,\" he told the BBC. The cans can hold 20 litres of fuel.\r\n\r\nIt's absolutely unacceptable that a Cabinet Office Minister speaks so irresponsibly on National Television.\r\n\r\nMr Maude should be asked to resign. Or, is it quite feasible that the government condones his 'advice', at a time when fuel prices are at their peak, in-order to maximise fuel duty revenues.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-03-29T14:23:02.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:04.769Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:38:14.518Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-03-29T14:23:02.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}