Submitted on Wednesday 10th November 2021
Rejected on Monday 15th November 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Address/limit MPs 2nd Incomes relative to the Parliamentary Salary
Either:
1) Limit any additional income from 2nd jobs to the Parliamentary Salary.
or
2) Significantly increase taxation on earnings greater than the Parliamentary Salary.
We are constantly told that Members of Parliament Work For the People. When a serving MP is paid more by private firms for a 2nd job, who is that MP really working for?
Considering the British People pay a very generous salary, and expenses, for MPs and Ministers - a salary which would be much the envy of many - it should be privilege that MPs are permitted to work a second job at all! Few employers are so generous in the real world...
Impose limits to remind the MPs who they REALLY work for!
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about MPs earning other income, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. MPs are subject to the same tax rates as all other UK citizens, so it's not clear how the tax you've proposed could work.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to limit the amount MPs can earn or work in addition to being an MP, but it would need to be clear what limits you want to be imposed.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Ban MPs from other paid work or holding shares in companies: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/600571
Ban MPs from having second jobs: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/600866
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