Submitted on Saturday 18th March 2017
Rejected on Monday 27th March 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop MPs taking on significant roles beyond their full-time job
Being an MP should be a full-time job - that's how their recent salary increases have been justified.
No MP should be allowed to have 2nd/3rd jobs that go beyond occasional or part-time work.
They should not occupy (in those jobs) a role that would be a stand-alone full-time job.
We want to see a diverse range of people representing us in parliament - that's why MPs salaries have increased significantly more than other public sector jobs. But people like George Osborne are exploiting the flexibility of the job:
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/03/george-osborne-archetypal-part-time-mp/
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2017/03/how-can-george-osborne-edit-newspaper-and-advise-investment-company-same-time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39304899
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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.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/191268
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