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Operators should be required to provide pay-on-exit options and to limit penalties to reasonable administrative costs so genuine mistakes are not treated like deliberate non-payment.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":35,"created_at":"2026-03-06T17:39:22.719Z","updated_at":"2026-04-27T20:50:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-04-09T15:07:24.050Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-03-07T16:44:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"John Constable","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DfT","name":"Department for Transport","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":35}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Battersea","ons_code":"E14001081","mp":"Marsha De Cordova MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Beckenham and Penge","ons_code":"E14001083","mp":"Liam Conlon MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Beverley and Holderness","ons_code":"E14001087","mp":"Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Bishop Auckland","ons_code":"E14001101","mp":"Sam Rushworth MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brentwood and Ongar","ons_code":"E14001125","mp":"Alex Burghart MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chelsea and Fulham","ons_code":"E14001160","mp":"Ben Coleman MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cheltenham","ons_code":"E14001161","mp":"Max Wilkinson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Derby South","ons_code":"E14001194","mp":"Baggy Shanker MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dorking and Horley","ons_code":"E14001201","mp":"Chris Coghlan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ealing Central and Acton","ons_code":"E14001207","mp":"Dr Rupa Huq MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001217","mp":"Danny Kruger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ellesmere Port and Bromborough","ons_code":"E14001222","mp":"Justin Madders MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Goole and Pocklington","ons_code":"E14001250","mp":"Rt Hon David Davis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Harrogate and Knaresborough","ons_code":"E14001269","mp":"Tom Gordon MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Honiton and Sidmouth","ons_code":"E14001291","mp":"Richard Foord MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ipswich","ons_code":"E14001302","mp":"Jack Abbott MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Islington North","ons_code":"E14001305","mp":"Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham","ons_code":"E14001314","mp":"Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice","ons_code":"E14001315","mp":"Emma Hardy MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Mid Buckinghamshire","ons_code":"E14001360","mp":"Greg Smith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Newton Abbot","ons_code":"E14001381","mp":"Martin Wrigley MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North West Norfolk","ons_code":"E14001405","mp":"James Wild MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Peckham","ons_code":"E14001421","mp":"Miatta Fahnbulleh MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Rochester and Strood","ons_code":"E14001447","mp":"Lauren Edwards MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South West Hertfordshire","ons_code":"E14001496","mp":"Mr Gagan Mohindra MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Tooting","ons_code":"E14001550","mp":"Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Warrington North","ons_code":"E14001564","mp":"Charlotte Nichols MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Watford","ons_code":"E14001568","mp":"Matt Turmaine MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Widnes and Halewood","ons_code":"E14001584","mp":"Derek Twigg MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Midlothian","ons_code":"S14000045","mp":"Kirsty McNeill MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Arbroath and Broughty Ferry","ons_code":"S14000066","mp":"Stephen Gethins MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North East","ons_code":"A","signature_count":1},{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":3},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":7},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":1},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":5},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":8},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":3},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":4},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":2}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}