Submitted on Thursday 25th July 2019
Rejected on Friday 2nd August 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Bring MP's annual leave entitlement in line with the rest of UK society.
Members of Parliament currently have several recesses (holidays)throughout the year.
They broadly mirror school holidays in England & Wales.
Meanwhile the normal full time UK worker is entitled to 5.6 weeks paid annual leave. (pro rata if they're part time.)
This is not representative.
UK annual leave entitlement on Gov website: https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights
In the first 10 months of the 2016-17 session, MPs sat for 125 days in the Commons.
For the first 10 months of the 2017 session, MPs sat for 122 days.
Ref: https://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-parliaments-47907510
That's less than half a year MPs spent time debating legislation.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you're concerned about the number of sitting days in Parliament, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. MPs as office holders are not entitled to annual leave, and whilst the House of Commons is not sitting they carry out out other duties, such as constituency work,
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