{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/4883.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":4883,"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":"Petition for the Government to cap electricity and gas prices","background":null,"additional_details":"Governments in France, Germany and Spain cap their electricity and gas prices.\r\n\r\nHowever in this country, the large energy firms are acting as a cartel and are increasing the prices to an unrealistic level compared to their profits and wholesale energy prices to subsidise their operations in other countries.\r\n\r\nIt has now reached a point where this affecting the most vulnerable in our society and is imposing massive costs onto people's day to day living costs.\r\n\r\nThis petition calls for the government to debate a cap similar to these other countries, break up the energy cartel and to stop the rampant profiteering by the big energy companies.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-05T13:39:17.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:35.840Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:33:10.507Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-05T13:39:17.000Z","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":[]}}}