Submitted on Monday 20th February 2017
Rejected on Wednesday 1st March 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Former EU Commissioners in the Lords should recuse themselves from Brexit votes
Former EU commissioners (such as Lord Mandelson) have a vested interested in blocking Article 50 and Brexit.
Just as elected representatives have to declare an interest and recuse themselves (i.e. not vote) in issues where there is a conflict of interest, so should Lords who have EU pensions.
Lord Mandelson, Lord Kinnock, Lord Hill of Oareford, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Lord Patten of Barnes, Lord Mogg, Lord Clinton-Davis, and Lord Richard (and any Lord who receives an EU pension should all NOT vote on Article 50 / Brexit in the Lords.
All 8 of them have sworn an oath to the EU, including the following compromising statement:
"I solemnly undertake... neither to seek nor to take instructions from any Government or from any other institution, body, office or entity."/
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