Rejected petition MPs who profit financially from EU should recuse themselves from EU votes

Currently MPs and Lords can debate and vote on EU related matters even if they benefit financially from the EU, (e.g., subsidies, salaries, pensions, investments). This is a clear conflict of interest and should be avoided for the sake of good governance.

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

It would be the responsibility of individual MPs to decide to abstain from a vote.

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

Date submitted 4 April 2019
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