Rejected petition To make the government answerable to the public as to why public money was spent on portraits of MPs

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Following the public announcement that £250,000 was spent on portraits of MPs. I propose that the MPs concerned pocket the bill.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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Date submitted 13 January 2014
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