PROPOSAL FOR AMENDMENT OF PARLIAMENT’S RULES OF PROCEDURE Amendment of Rule 136 (Attendance of Members at sittings)

30.1.2013

pursuant to Rule 212 of the Rules of Procedure

Franziska Katharina Brantner, Marije Cornelissen, Esther de Lange, Anne Delvaux, Ismail Ertug, Mikael Gustafsson, Yannick Jadot, Lívia Járóka, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Martin Kastler, Silvana Koch‑Mehrin, Licia Ronzulli, Carl Schlyter, Catherine Stihler, Anja Weisgerber

B7‑0051/2013

Amendment of Rule 136 (Attendance of Members at sittings)

Amendment 1

Parliament’s Rules of Procedure

Rule 136, paragraph 2 a (new)

Present text	Amendment
	2a. The names of Members who are unable to be present because they are on maternity, paternity or adoption leave, and who have notified the Quaestors of this in advance, shall be recorded separately in the minutes of each sitting, for a period of up to 14 weeks.

Or. en

Justification

It must be shown visibly in the attendance statistics when Members are unable to be present at plenary sittings because they are on maternity, paternity or adoption leave.