MPs’ no-shows at oversight visits, public hearings will hit their own pockets, says Frolick’s institutional directive

Parliament is now holding MPs liable for costs incurred when they fail to show up for public hearings or oversight visits, and has put in place rules to ensure that no travel arrangements will be made for Members who do not commit their attendance in writing

Frolick had said he would put forward proposals through the Speaker’s office to nip this tendency in the bud. Already subsistence and travel allowances are being recovered from MPs who fail to attend as promised public hearings or oversight visits. Wednesday’s letter now has put in place those liability rules for MPs — they personally must pay if, without good reason, they don’t show up for public hearings and oversight visits they committed themselves to.

And so, from now “no travel arrangements will be made for Members, who do not commit their attendance in writing” for oversight visits, study tours and public hearings. Secretary to Parliament Xolile George told lawmakers then he’d update them at the next committee meeting, “We are now in transition in our travel management system”.

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