Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — Length of Suspension from the House of Commons Which Would Trigger New Election for MP — 24 Nov 2014 at 17:45

The majority of MPs voted to reduce the proposed minimum length of suspension from the House of Commons which would trigger a new election for an MP in that constituency from 21 sitting days (or 28 days) to 10 sitting days (or 14 days).

MPs were considering the Recall of MPs Bill^[1]. The motion passed by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

• Page 1, line 18, leave out subsection (4) and insert—
• ‘(4) The second recall condition is that, following on from a report from the Committee on Standards, the House of Commons order the suspension of the MP from the service of the House for a specified period of requisite length.
• (4A) A specified period is of requisite length for the purposes of subsection (4) if—
• (a) where the period is expressed as a number of sitting days, the period specified is of at least 10 sitting days, or
• (b) in any other case, the period specified (however expressed) is a period of at least 14 days.”

Prior to the vote subsection 4 of clause 1 stated:

• (4) The second recall condition is that the House of Commons orders the suspension of the MP from the service of the House for a specified period and—
• (a) where the period is expressed as a number of sitting days, the period specified is a period of at least 21 sitting days, or
• (b) in any other case, the period specified (however expressed) is a period of at least 28 days.

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• [1] Parliament's webpage on the recall of MPs Bill
• [2] Clause one of the Recall of MPs Bill prior to the vote

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