Have your say on government e-petitions

Change the vote on Syria as MPs have conflict of interest, links with arms firms

Submitted on Sunday 6th December 2015

Rejected on Wednesday 16th December 2015

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Change the vote on Syria as MPs have conflict of interest, links with arms firms

Petition Details

Many of the representatives in the House of Commons, have share holdings, board seats and other financial interests within the arms manufacturing industry. This is common knowledge and has been reported widely.
This is a massive conflict of interest and the yes vote should be overturned.

Additional Information

I believe this also breaches the Ministerial Code.

MPs Code of Conduct.
IV. General Principles of Conduct


"Selflessness"

Holders of public office should take decisions solely in terms of the public interest. They should not do so in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their family, or their friends.


You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

If you would like the House of Commons to reconsider its decision on taking military action in Syria, you could sign a petition opposing military action in Syria.

The House of Commons already has rules about MPs' interests.The full rules are set out in the House of Commons Code of Conduct:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmcode/1076/1076.pdf

If there is a specific change that you would like to be made to the rules, you could start a petition asking for that change.

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

3.133.137.169 Sat, 18 May 2024 02:20:28 +0100