{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/34917.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":34917,"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":"clean up and modernise politics","background":null,"additional_details":"In our modern society why is it that we have 650 members of parliament. Why is it that these 650 MP's have to decend on the house of commons to debate a subject and in doing so claim massive expenses each time they do, we have video confrencing which is a cheap one off expense. No need for a second home, no need for three expensive meals per day. Do we want to reduce the budget defecit LETS START HERE!\r\nClean up politics by making it an offence to obtain a financial gain from a decision that an MP or any other person appointed by an MP implements through any political process. eg. if a person is appointed by the Home Office to make cuts to a service, that person should then not be able to make a gain by privatising part of that service for his / her own companys profit.\r\nIn addition to this there should be a complete ban on MP's using spin doctors and allow people to formulate their own opinions from fact.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-06-13T11:59:49.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:13.187Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:38:40.597Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-06-13T11:59:49.000Z","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":"no-action","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}