{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/35786.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":35786,"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":"MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT to explain why we are not losing proportionate numbers of MPs and Lords in line with other cuts.","background":null,"additional_details":"The cost of MPs and Lords is a cost to the taxpayer, who is being told that services and the number of public employees MUST be cut to save money.  Why is it, then, that MPs and Lords - who are a HUGE drain on the public purse - are not being sacked in the same proportion as other public employees, to save money.  WE ARE, NEVER FORGET, ALL IN THIS TOGETHER (your words, NOT ours) - but not if you hjappen to be an MP or a member of the House of Lords!  WE NEED TO BE TOLD WHY THIS IS!","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-07-06T10:53:38.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:00.527Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:00.524Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-07-06T10:53:38.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}