This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Tightly oversee the proposed modification of short selling regulations in the UK
I would like the House of Commons Treasury Committee to take a keen interest, and give the strongest consideration to the full implementation of regulations developed by the EU in response to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, rather than to relax these regulations, as the EU recently voted to do
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Market manipulation, by large financial institutions, has massive implications for businesses; often forcing them into bankruptcy with the associated harm to employees. The behaviour of these institutions, however, also has vast systemic financial implications.
Short Selling (SS) is a mechanism institutions use to make money at huge expense to others. Due to its current flagrant use, it now poses great systemic risk. Democratic oversight of the forthcoming revision of UK SS regulation is vital
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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