Rejected petition Members of Parliament and the House of Lords should not have other jobs.

Members of Parliament and Members of the House of Lords should not have any other types of employment, paid or otherwise. They are well paid for parliamentary work and should not be distracted or preoccupied by other occupations. They should attend Parliament for at least 40 hours per week.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We already have a petition open calling for MPs not to have second jobs:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/121701

If you would like Parliament to change the law, to prevent Members of the House of Lords from having second jobs, we could accept a petition calling for that.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 19 May 2016
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