Rejected petition Ban MPs from voting on or influencing anything they have a vested interest in .

MPs with links to private business should not be allowed to promote , vote on or lobby others to benefit their own interests.

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.

The House of Commons already has rules on conflicts of interests, and on the declaration and registration of interests. These rules are set out in the House of Commons Code of Conduct:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmcode/1076/1076.pdf

On conflicts of interest, the House has a rule that "MPs shall base their conduct on a consideration of the public interest, avoid conflict between personal interest and the public interest and resolve any conflict between the two, at once, and in favour of the public interest."

You could start a new petition asking for a specific change to be made to the rules.

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Date submitted 11 January 2017
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