Petition · past parliament

Members of Parliament and the House of Lords should not have other jobs.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Members of Parliament and Members of the House of Lords should not have any other types of employment, paid or otherwise. They are well paid for parliamentary work and should not be distracted or preoccupied by other occupations. They should attend Parliament for at least 40 hours per week.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We already have a petition open calling for MPs not to have second jobs:

That MPs should work full time as an MP and not have outside jobs.

If you would like Parliament to change the law, to prevent Members of the House of Lords from having second jobs, we could accept a petition calling for that.

Timeline

19 May 2016 Petition opened for signatures
25 May 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 25 May 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.