Rejected petition Matt Hancock should resign as Health Secretary with immediate effect.

Parliament needs to put pressure on the cabinet to request the Health Secretary, the Right Honorable Matthew John David Hancock MP, to tender his resignation for his handling of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

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Matt Hancock has proved himself to be completely out of his depth in his handling of the Coronavirus Pandemic, from having 16,000 positive covid test results that went missing due to them having been recorded on an unsecure excel file, to not providing health workers with correct PPE. Not only this, he was a major influence in the decision to go into 2 very damaging lockdowns, the second of which was implemented on data that has proved to be wildy inaccurate.

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Date submitted 24 November 2020
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