Rejected petition Reduce the House of Commons recess dates to allow dealing with priority issues

The House of Commons recess dates are 25th July, returning on 03rd September. This equates to 6 weeks of MPs not being in Parliament to focus on the UK’s biggest priorities. Upon return there are 3 weeks of party conferences. There is less than 4 weeks active parliamentary time between now & Brexit.

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This situation is simply unacceptable. No business could survive allowing all of its staff time off for 9 weeks in a time of crisis, when what is needed is strong leadership and time dedicated to resolving the issues. This petition is calling for a considerable reduction in the recess period and a call to defer individual party conferences to allow MPs and the House of Commons on all sides to focus on what the country needs as a priority.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/256950

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Date submitted 26 June 2019
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