{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/40878.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":40878,"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":"Convicted members of parliament should be removed from both houses permanently","background":null,"additional_details":"Any member of either house convicted in a criminal court must resign their seat and not be permitted to enter the house for a minimum of ten years. Members convicted should have all honours and titles removed.\r\nThis should be written into law.\r\nOther professions such as the police are disciplined after conviction as their integrity is called into question.\r\nSurely the same could be said of members of both houses?\r\nAllowing convicted peers and the like to retain titles tarnishes the whole system.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":30,"created_at":"2012-10-26T20:20:07.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:46.304Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2012-10-31T08:31:39.000Z","closed_at":"2013-10-31T08:31:39.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-10-26T20:20:07.000Z","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":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[],"signatures_by_constituency":[],"signatures_by_region":[],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}