{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/70298.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":70298,"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":"MPs to pay for own TV licence","background":null,"additional_details":"I see no reason why we the people should pay out for MPs TV licence.\r\n\r\nMPs only work 133 days a year, this means they don't need a licence that covers them for 365 days.\r\n\r\nWe are paying them to work not sit and watch TV.\r\n\r\nTV licence costs £145.50 and there are 650 members of parliament, this is a total cost to the tax payer of £9457.50p in these times of austerity i think its right the members give up the TV licence expense.\r\n\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2014-10-02T16:34:33.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:30:17.093Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:45:18.045Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-10-02T16:34:33.000Z","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":"This is a matter for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and not a matter for government"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}