This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Members of Parliament must not have any income apart from their MPs salary
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Being a Member of Parliament is a full time job and this should be their only paid employment.
MPs must make sure that they are fully impartial and having a second income from any source may mean they are prejudiced in their decisions. Income means being paid a wage, expenses, shares, receiving gifts or having money in trust funds.
An MP must also not do any unpaid work that may be classed as nepotism.
Why was this petition rejected?
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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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/191268
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