Petition Expelling offenders from sitting in Parliament

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Members of the House of Commons and Peers in the House of Lords who have been found guilty of a criminal offence and have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment or a suspended term of imprisonment for that offence should automatically face expulsion from sitting in Parliament.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

21 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 21 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 9 August 2012
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