Yes. We know MPs have broken their Oath (sometimes under duress), but the public cannot conceive of anyone breaking an Oath and anyway they think it is to 'The Queen' (The Queen in Parliament is actually the British People), so they don't care. Also few understand what the Oath actually means.
The BDI effecively spells out what the Oath means and they sign it - there is a piece of paper - and the promise is to the electorate, so the people know that have been diddled if the MP reneges. The MP also has strangth against the whips when they try to make him break his oath - the promise of an imminent by-election (which the Party would lose because the electrate would know the reason for it). So MPs wold have more control and therefore we could hold them to account which w really can't at present because they are under such enormous pressure. Do you think, for instance that Chris Gill is a weak, stupid or dishonourable man? Obviously not, yet he voted for all these Bills - that is the pressure. Try to understand because unless you do you cannot understand teh solution.
If the people know that their MP has lied (it must be cut and dried - simple and provable beyond doubt) they will sack him. MPs know this which is why they are so wary of signing.
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