Submitted on Wednesday 17th November 2021
Rejected on Wednesday 24th November 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Ban ex-ministers from lobbying for/getting benefit from companies who benefitted
After leaving office Ministers must not be allowed to lobby for, nor accept money/shares/jobs from any company that was awarded a public contract, or which benefitted from the MP’s actions, even after leaving parliament. Restriction to be policed for no less than 10 years after they leave parliament
If we stop MPs from exploiting their roles for extra 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 reward them later. It's a role with huge power & responsibility, so all political decisions should be for the benefit of their constituents, not promised company rewards/work after they leave office.
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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 the work undertaken by former Ministers, but we're not sure exactly what restrictions you want to be imposed on former Ministers.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to extend the prohibition on lobbying Government from two to 10 years, and create a prohibition on working for companies working in a sector a former Minister has served in the department of, if that's something you would like to happen.
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