MPs worth can be judged by how frequent they speak.

A few months ago, a report was released by a parliamentary agency that showed a list of the most silent members of parliament. The undertone in articles that carried this report suggested that these members of parliament were incompetent and as one person stated, these members were nothing but “seat warmers”.

The word ‘parliament’ has its roots in a French verb parler which means “speak”. Parliament was formed to be a place where people sat down, discussed and resolved issues as it proved to be an effective way of stopping unnecessary wars. With this in mind, it only makes sense that a member of parliament’s worth can be judged by how frequent they speak.