{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754144.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":754144,"attributes":{"action":"Demand Professional Standards in Parliament","background":"We, the undersigned, demand that MPs uphold workplace standards of professionalism.\r\n\r\nIn 2025, it is unacceptable for elected representatives to heckle, jeer, shout “Shame!” or wave papers like pantomime performers. In any other workplace, this behaviour would go to HR.","additional_details":"Such conduct undermines trust, trivialises debate, and turns Parliament into a circus instead of the heart of democracy. We call for reforms to enforce respect, civility, and serious discussion in the Commons.\r\n\r\nPolitics is not theatre. It is governance. MPs must stop the performance and do the job we elected them to do.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":8,"created_at":"2025-12-10T19:26:24.671Z","updated_at":"2026-01-19T12:27:53.148Z","rejected_at":"2026-01-19T12:27:47.403Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-12-11T19:35:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament as a whole aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Order in the Commons is the responsibility of the Speaker personally.\r\n\r\n"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}