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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition MP Honesty + Questions Bill
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A petition to make it a legal requirement for an elected MP, to honestly and directly answer a question which has been posed by a constituency member. Unless limited by national security concerns, it should be illegal for MP's to avoid answering questions
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