Submitted on Thursday 11th August 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
A Legal requirement on MPs to keep their promises/pledges
We the undersigned believe in a legal requirement in which Members elected to serve in the House of Commons are required to seek to introduce legislation which reflects the promises they made to their constituents.
There has been sadly, a great willingness by many MPs to break election promises made to their constituents once elected. Disgracefully this has included MPs elected to this parliament campaigning on promises they had already agreed to break. We believe that there is no place for this behaviour in our parliament, and that it is an assassination of the very essence of democracy.
We call on the government to introduce legislation making it a legal requirement MPs to seek to introduce legislation reflecting the promises they have made and that any member in breach or supporting legislation which 'breaks' their promises should be removed from parliament immediately – allowing a by-election to take place.
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