Rejected petition Bring back online voting for Members of Parliament.

Parliament to reinstate remote voting so MPs may remain in their constituencies, performing duties as representatives or caring for loved ones while they are sick or off school, rather than being made to travel to London to spend long hours in queues.

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650 MPs spending 90 minutes queuing to cast a single vote wastes 975 working hours and over £58,700 pounds in taxpayer money. MPs, like many workers, are able to perform their duties remotely. They should be allowed to do so to prevent as much as possible the spread of CV19.

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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

The virtual parliament must remain in place whilst social distancing exists: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/321924

Keep virtual parliament options for MPs who are shielding or isolating: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323109

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

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

Date submitted 3 June 2020
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