{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/34169.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":34169,"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":"Prevent the sale of the Olympic Torches","background":null,"additional_details":"It is disgusting that members of the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay team are selling their torches on eBay.\r\n\r\nThe Olympics is a national event, and should be celebrated together, not by individuals making a quick quid by selling on something that is so iconic to the 2012 Olympics.\r\n\r\nThe government should step in and prevent the sale of the torches. If sales are succeeded - any proceeds should be seised and donated to a charity. The seller should also be removed from any record that they were a 'Torch bearer'","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-05-20T08:33:47.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:10.768Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:38:32.614Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-05-20T08:33:47.000Z","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":"irrelevant","details":"Torchbearers have the option to buy their torches - what they do with a torch they have bought is up to them.  We hope they go to good homes, but this is not something in which the Government can intervene."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}