Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Stop paying politicians in Northern Ireland while Stormont Assembly is Suspended

As the Northern Ireland MLAs are not performing their duties as they were voted into Stormount for they should not get paid.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The salaries of MLAs are determined by the Independent Financial Review Panel. You can find out more about the IFRP here:

http://ifrp.org.uk/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.