Submitted on Wednesday 10th November 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 16th November 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it illegal for MPs to have 2nd jobs/do paid consultancy work whilst an MP.
No MPs allowed 2nd jobs / privately paid work, & former Ministers must not be allowed to lobby after they leave office. MP very well-paid full time job, time paid for by tax payers & constituents their sole bosses. Parliament controls every aspect of UK life so every other job has conflict.
If we stop MPs from exploiting their roles for extra financial personal gain then we will discourage inappropriate people seeking the role in the 1st place, encouraging more passionate candidate MPs who just want to honestly represent the views of the people who elected them with zero bias for anyone who may have paid them on the side. It's a role with huge power & responsibility, so any claiming to have enough "spare time" to do a 2nd job isn't doing all they can for their constituents.
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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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You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/600866
We could accept a petition calling for changes to the rules on what jobs Ministers can take after leaving office, if that's something you would like to happen.
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