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It should be illegal for a Member of Parliament to have any other employment

Submitted on Friday 17th March 2017

Rejected on Sunday 26th March 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

It should be illegal for a Member of Parliament to have any other employment

Petition Details

An MP needs to be exclusively focussed on their role representing their constituency and any other ministerial duties
Any other employment needs to be given up at the point of becoming an MP

Additional Information

Being a member of Parliament paid for by public is a vocation not simply a job

It simply cannot be possible to be an MP and have any other outside employment interests and perform the expected duties


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/191268

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