Petition Prevent MPs speaking or voting where they have a pecuniary interest.

Recently, an amendment to the government’s housing bill, designed to ensure that all rented accommodation was habitable, was defeated. Yet many MPs have a declared interest.
Local Councillors are not allowed to speak or vote where they have a pecuniary interest. The same rule should apply to MPs

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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/240134/Openness_and_transparency_on_personal_interests.pdf
http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/jan/14/mp-landlords-number-risen-quarter-last-parliament-housing-bill

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Date closed 18 July 2016
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