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Not seeing it \"vanish\" to taxes.”","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":37,"created_at":"2026-03-27T13:36:35.182Z","updated_at":"2026-05-03T11:47:40.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-04-27T09:57:47.157Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-03-29T15:33:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Helen Macpherson McLelland","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"HMT","name":"HM Treasury","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":37}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Boston and Skegness","ons_code":"E14001114","mp":"Richard Tice MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cheltenham","ons_code":"E14001161","mp":"Max Wilkinson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cities of London and Westminster","ons_code":"E14001172","mp":"Rachel Blake 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":"Epsom and Ewell","ons_code":"E14001227","mp":"Helen Maguire MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hartlepool","ons_code":"E14001272","mp":"Mr Jonathan Brash MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Huntingdon","ons_code":"E14001298","mp":"Ben Obese-Jecty MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hyndburn","ons_code":"E14001299","mp":"Sarah Smith 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":3},{"name":"Newton Abbot","ons_code":"E14001381","mp":"Martin Wrigley MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South West Hertfordshire","ons_code":"E14001496","mp":"Mr Gagan Mohindra MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Sussex Weald","ons_code":"E14001533","mp":"Ms Nusrat Ghani MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Widnes and Halewood","ons_code":"E14001584","mp":"Derek Twigg MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Aberdeen North","ons_code":"S14000060","mp":"Kirsty Blackman MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Aberdeen South","ons_code":"S14000061","mp":"Rt Hon Stephen Flynn MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Aberdeenshire North and Moray East","ons_code":"S14000062","mp":"Seamus Logan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy","ons_code":"S14000071","mp":"Melanie Ward MP","signature_count":4},{"name":"Dumfries and Galloway","ons_code":"S14000073","mp":"John Cooper MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dunfermline and Dollar","ons_code":"S14000076","mp":"Graeme Downie MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Edinburgh South","ons_code":"S14000080","mp":"Rt Hon Ian Murray MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Edinburgh West","ons_code":"S14000082","mp":"Christine Jardine MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Glasgow East","ons_code":"S14000084","mp":"John Grady MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Glasgow North East","ons_code":"S14000086","mp":"Maureen Burke MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Lothian East","ons_code":"S14000096","mp":"Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North East Fife","ons_code":"S14000100","mp":"Wendy Chamberlain MP","signature_count":2}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North East","ons_code":"A","signature_count":2},{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":3},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":3},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":1},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":2},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":2},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":2},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":3},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":19}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}