Rejected petition End vested interest participation in House of Commons and Lords debates.

Over recent months it has become clear that far too many politicians take part in debates where they have a personal vested interest. Where these people are appointees and not elected, i.e. The House of Lords and the Judiciary, they must excuse themselves from any debates where they have an interest

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E.G. 1, The instance of Supreme court judges hearing the case of triggering article 50, approx 50% had EU interests.

E.G. 2, In the instance of the House of Lords debate on triggering Art 50 07/03/2017, Lord Pannick who fought government with Gina Miller.

E.G. 3, Lord Mandelson, Kinnock and more receiving EU pensions.

All of these are appointed, unrepresentative, with vested interest and should by law have excused themselves from participation, their actions fly in the face of democracy.

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Why was this petition rejected?

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

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We can't accept petitions calling on the House of Lords to take action.You can find out more about the Code of Conduct of the House of Lords here:

https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial-interests/house-of-lords-commissioner-for-standards-/code-of-conduct-for-the-house-of-lords/guide-to-the-code-of-conduct/

You could start a new petition calling for a specific change to the House of Commons Code of Conduct. You can find the Code here:

https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmcode.htm

Justices of the Supreme Court do not take part in debates in Parliament, so we're not sure what action you would like to see. You can find out about the rules on the conduct of Supreme Court justices here:

https://www.supremecourt.uk/about/judicial-conduct-and-complaints.html

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Date submitted 8 March 2017
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