I like this No. 10 e-petition thing. It allows a house of Commons debate on a subject if 100,000 people sign up to it. Here is one that might be of interest to you.
Responsible department: Cabinet Office
The House of Lords risks ridicule and the loss of its credibility if it allows Baroness Uddin to resume her seat in April 2012. She was found to have claimed money to which she was not entitled and subsequently ordered to repay the sum of £125,000, which she has refused to do. This behaviour is not only unacceptable it is shameful that a supposed pillar of society can behave in this manner. A Lords sub-committee has stated that she should not be allowed back until the entire sum has been repaid. However, I believe her actions make her singularly unsuitable to sit in the upper house at all.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/22557
If any one of us had claimed £125,349.10 from our company on "expenses" and it was later found out by the same company that we claimed that dishonestly we would have been "sacked" and probably thrown in jail.
"Baroness" UDDIN claimed that amount of money from the public-purse and she has not paid one single penny back, despite the House of LORDS asking her very nicely; the House of LORDS later banned her, but left the door open for her to return after Easter 2012.


Michael,
ReplyDeleteThanks for promoting my e-petition. I applied for this on Sunday as a result of having read about this woman's actions and utter contempt for authority. I was absolutely incensed and decided something had to be done to indicate that we've had enough of this shameful abuse of the system. There is a very long way to go, but with the help of people like you, who knows? Once again, my thanks.
Tom.
Thanks for bringing this petition to my attention. I will go and sign it now.
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