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MP wants law amended to cushion absentee colleagues

MPs want the law changed to give them more room to go on holiday without having to answer to anyone. They also want a constitutional obligation that forces them to seek the Speaker's permission before taking a foreign or local trip quashed.

In addition, they want another requirement that forces them to explain their absence in the House for eight sittings deleted.

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