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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Barring of convicted offenders House of Lords and Commons
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A new legal requirement to ban any convicted criminal offender from sitting or taking up a post as a Member of the House of Commons /House of Lords with NO provision for the requirement to be time expired for purposes of rehabilitation, and a requirement for any currently sitting members to resign or be barred from office within 6 months of the new law coming into effect.
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