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To expect MPs to work through Summer?

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CalmShaker · 30/08/2025 21:06

AIBU to find it odd how there is a shut down of parliament over the Summer?
Something so important as debate on how the country is run closed similar to a school for children?
I'm not saying MPs do not deserve a holiday, but surely there are enough of them to keep things running and have a staggered break?

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MirrorMirrorontheFall · 30/08/2025 21:13

CalmShaker · 30/08/2025 21:06

AIBU to find it odd how there is a shut down of parliament over the Summer?
Something so important as debate on how the country is run closed similar to a school for children?
I'm not saying MPs do not deserve a holiday, but surely there are enough of them to keep things running and have a staggered break?

They do work over the summer - not all their work is done in Parliament.

NoThanksNeeded · 30/08/2025 21:13

If anything major happens then they are recalled. It happened recently.

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CalmShaker · 30/08/2025 21:12

beezlebubnicky · 30/08/2025 21:08

They do work during the summer. They still do constituency work (at least the decent ones do, we all know there are MPs that try and do as little as possible for their constituents).

But why not a continuation of parliament too, recently there have been so many important issues it feels like it's closed for business

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beezlebubnicky · 30/08/2025 21:08

They do work during the summer. They still do constituency work (at least the decent ones do, we all know there are MPs that try and do as little as possible for their constituents).

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