{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/42414.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":42414,"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":"Welfare reform for service personnel and their families","background":null,"additional_details":"Lucy Aldridge lost her 18yr old son to a double IED in Afghanistan which killed all the soldiers in his patrol. If you had witnessed the repatriation of the men of 2 Rifles at Wooten Bassett you would not fail to agree to have been deeply moved.\r\nShe has now embarked on a hunger protest to force the government to review the legislation for service personnel and the families of deceased sevicemen/servicewomen killed on operations.\r\nAt present, it is a 2 tier system but Lucy wants it changed to a single, level playing field, in line with the Armed Forces Covenant that the government has pledged to uphold.\r\nThis petition needs 100,000 signatures to be debated in the commons, there is already a Facebook and media campaign running but you can appreciate that time is of the essence before the health of Ms. Aldridge is put in danger.\r\nHere is the Facebook campaign:\r\nhttps://www.facebook.com/#!/SupportLucyAldridgeMotherOfAFallenHero\r\nAnd here is her story:\r\nhttp://forcesdefender.tumblr.com/","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":13,"created_at":"2012-11-27T15:44:59.000Z","updated_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:58.446Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T15:11:58.443Z","opened_at":"2012-11-28T12:21:49.000Z","closed_at":"2013-02-28T12:21:49.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-11-27T15:44:59.000Z","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":"duplicate","details":"Removed at request of petitioner."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}