Members’ Paid Directorships and Consultancies

Debate between Angela Eagle and Ian C. Lucas

Wednesday 25th February 2015 Commons Chamber

[Ms Eagle]

It is about remuneration, and the perception that Members have other interests that they may be putting before their primary interests. Given the cynical age in which we live, we need to think about that a great deal more carefully than we may have done in the past.

[Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab)]

We should really accept that this is about money. It is about Members—primarily Government Members—who want to be paid extra. [Interruption.] They want to be paid extra, and they want to be paid extra because they are Members of Parliament. My constituents know that, and their constituents know that. That is why the public are not prepared to put up with this any longer.