Submitted on Thursday 17th March 2022
Rejected on Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Do not drop the plans to cap MP's earnings from second jobs.
To implement new rules to prevent MP's from having highly lucrative secondary employment, sitting on boards of companies, or undertaking additional work that takes away their focus from their main role, to represent their constituents.
Being an MP is a demanding but well paid job. The role of an MP is to represent their constituents interests, and work on the governance of the country. There should be no need to take on highly lucrative secondary work, sit on the boards of companies, or work for other organisations whose interests may not align with the fundamental role of an MP. Taking on secondary work opens up the possibility of undue influence, nepotism, and is a distraction from the primary function of the role of an MP.
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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 which calls for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/601194
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Ban MPs from having second jobs: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/600866
Ban MPs from holding second jobs outside of the public sector: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/601188
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