Showing Up

I notice that during the recent Tory leadership hustings in Northern Ireland, Jeremy Hunt was asked about the members of the Northern Ireland Assembly still not sitting.  He was reported in the Guardian as suggesting that:

"Hunt says it is totally unacceptable that MLA (members of the legislative assembly) are being paid when they are not sitting and not doing their job."

I wonder whether he is going to extend that logic to Westminster MPs, especially those from Northern Ireland that do not take their seats?