The Government should bring forward legislation that prohibits MPs from undertaking paid work whilst they are serving as an MP. MPs already earn a sizeable salary and have a large workload, therefore they should not require or need additional salaries from other work.
1. Ban MPs from having paid second jobs
23/10/2020 - Petitions
Found: Government should bring forward legislation that prohibits MPs from undertaking paid work whilst they are serving
2. MPs' outside interests: written evidence
03/07/2018 - Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL)
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Found: Sheppard
29 Vanessa Goss
33 S A Reeves
34 Sarah Olney MP
35 Deborah OÕDonoghue
38 Tom
Selby
39 Amber Astron
3. Gary Fuller - written evidence
11/09/2018 - Inquiry: Fourth Industrial Revolution - Education Committee
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Found: full tuition fees support to complete a part-time second degree in a STEM subject where they have either
4. Pavement parking: Government Response to the Committee’s Thirteenth Report of Session 2017–19
12/03/2020 - Inquiry: Pavement parking: Government Response to the Committee’s Thirteenth Report of Session 2017–19 - Transport Committee
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Found: membership
Huw Merriman MP
(Conservative, Bexhill and Battle)
(Chair)
Ruth Cadbury MP
(Labour, Brentford
5. Written evidence submitted by UNISON (IB10)
16/06/2020 - Bill Documents
Found: worker
members as a result of this proposed legislation.
Executive Summary
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This Bill gives
1. FTSE 100 Company Pay Ratios
23/01/2019 - Westminster Hall
1: had earned more than their average employees would earn over the entire year. Those chief executives take - Speech Link
2. Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) (No. 2) Bill
11/09/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: Government to adopt the measures that I wanted, to ban smoking in cars with children present, but we got - Speech Link
2: congratulate my hon. Friend on bringing forward this incredibly important Bill. Is it not simply the case that many - Speech Link
3: at that time—so we are talking about not unpaid work, but paying for the privilege to have that experience - Speech Link
3. Ministerial and other Maternal Allowances Bill
11/02/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: The intention of this amendment is to make paid maternity absence mandatory for qualifying Ministerial - Speech Link
2: intention of this amendment is to extend the period of paid maternity absence from 6 to 12 months.Clause - Speech Link
4. Automatic Enrolment: Lower Earnings Limit
12/03/2019 - Westminster Hall
1: Brexit, a number of massively important issues still need to be dealt with; that is the day job for some. - Speech Link
5. Members’ Paid Directorships and Consultancies
25/02/2015 - Commons Chamber
1: manuscript amendment to the Opposition motion on paid directorships and consultancies and hon. Members - Speech Link
2: wider regulatory framework for hon. Members’ second jobs, from the start of the next Parliament no hon - Speech Link
3: manuscript amendment is accepted, the motion would also ban paid trade union officials. The public deserve to be - Speech Link
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Their primary duty is to their constituents and MPs should be discouraged from having 2nd jobs as their focus should be on their duty as an MP.
However if they chose to have a 2nd job they should not receive payment for it as they already earn a large amount and conflicts of interest may arise if they have other paid work.