Attendance in Parliament Act 1514

The act proved largely ineffective in achieving its intended purpose of ensuring parliamentary attendance. Its method of penalising absent members by forfeiting constituency-paid wages became irrelevant when the practice of paying members ceased during the 17th century.^[1]

Alternative disciplinary measures emerged over time. "Calls of the House" - a system that fined members who failed to respond when the roll was called at a specific time - replaced the act's approach but eventually became obsolete by the 19th century.^[1]

The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 2 of part XI of the schedule to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993, having long been obsolete.