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Well, they're still in the Commons! Handily, you can use TheyWorkForYou to receive daily updates of MP4's members in the Commons. Here's a summary of their recent activity:

Greg Knight has been typically busy, most notably proposing and begging of the House a second reading of his Private Members Bill proposing amendments to the Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act. Whilst the subject is very complex, there are important exceptions where the current Act could be considered cruel or unfair towards an individual. As Greg explains,

"The Bill seeks to amend the law of succession in England and Wales where a person disclaims-that is, rejects-an inheritance or is disqualified from receiving an inheritance by reason of the forfeiture rule."

From the BBC's Democracy Live page for the debate:

MPs have debated Tory MP Greg Knight's Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Bill at second reading.

The bill seeks to amend the law in England and Wales to protect the inheritance rights of children of people who turn down their inheritance or forfeit their rights by unlawfully killing the deceased.

At present, in this instance, inheritance passes to other family members and not to the killer's children.

Introducing the bill on 21 January 2011 Mr Knight said it was not acceptable that grandchildren could be punished for the sins of their parents.

My bill "is not likely to be the talking point of the week in the pub", he remarked, "but it will go some way in making the law fairer".

Last Friday's Today in Parliament covers the subject (including highlights from Mr. Knight's speech), and you can listen to it here: BBC iPlayer: Today in Parliament (21/01/2011) (a listen is highly recommended and provides an excellent summary of the discussion).

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) and Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) have also both been active in numerous areas since the Coalition took power. Pete Wishart has been contributing in the House towards debates on Counter-Terrorism, the Olympics, the EMA, Copyright and the Internet, the A/V referendums, Higher Education fees and detention centres amongst many topics.

Kevin Brennan has also been participating in debates and oral answers regarding the BSkyB / News Corp merger, the EMA, bank bonuses, long-term custodial sentences, severe winter weather and the European Council.

If you wish to follow their work in detail, TheyWorkForYou allows you to receive email updates whenever they appear in the House of Commons, as well as being able to review in-depth details of their past speeches from Hansard. Simply go to TWFY, search for the MP's name and sign up for email updates (or use the RSS feed). You can also contact the MPs via the web site (and also keep tabs on your own constituency representative…)

Stay tuned for future updates!