Petition · past parliament

Impose fines or penalties for MPs falling asleep at work in parliament.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

If an employee fell asleep in any other place of work they would more than likely be warned or lose their job. Tax payers are funding MPs to represent our interests in the House of Commons and are regularly seen catching some not so deserved shut-eye.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

1 Mar 2016 Petition opened for signatures
2 Mar 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Mar 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.