This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Prevent MPs from taking up additional full time posts.
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Members of Parliament are full time public sector employees. They cannot fulfil their duties effectively if they are also full time employees in other sectors, such as, for example, editor of a major newspaper, or Mayor of London.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/191268
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