Members’ Paid Directorships and Consultancies
Debate between Graham P Jones and Paul Flynn
Wednesday 25th February 2015
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Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab)
The Tories just do not get it. After the great screaming nightmare of the expenses scandal, when our reputation in this country was ruined, sometimes unjustly, we have to try to win it back. I have suggested in books, including one in 1997, that the best way to win the respect of the country is to accept that £67,000 is a full-time wage for which we have to do a full-time job. I have just looked up one Member who spoke earlier and found that he is earning £200,000. He has not said so. The last speaker did not say how much he is earning. We want transparency in this debate.
Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab)
Would it not be reasonable to suggest that if somebody wants to do a part-time job, or half a job, they should give half their salary back?