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To: Sir Ian Kennedy, Chair, Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Seven day surgeries for UK MPs
In the light of the recent 10% pay award to UK Members of Parliament, we, the undersigned hereby request that IPSA urgently brings forward plans to match this big investment with a modern day contract for MPs, by making themselves available 7 days a week, 8am to 8pm, throughout the year. We need to move away from the culture of long summer breaks and restore a sense of vocation to our elected public servants which seems to have been lost in recent years.
Why is this important?
The Secretary of State for Health has recently gone on record to demand a 7 day NHS, at a time of crisis of recruitment and retention in General Practice as well as unprecedented levels of burnout amongst staff across the Health Service. As such, it is important to restore a sense of being 'all in this together'. Seven day availability of MPs will go some way to achieving this.
