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Petition · past parliament

Absentee MP's must be made to quit parliament

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

There should be a law preventing MP's to serve parliament if they are inactive in parliament.
It is travesty that taxpayers, foot an inactive MP's salary, with zero accountability, for an inactive MP

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for a similar action:

Make MPs who are absent from their constituency and Parliament subject to recall

Timeline

17 Aug 2023 Petition opened for signatures
18 Aug 2023 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Aug 2023

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