CVs for MPs to ensure MPs are fit and competent to serve the public

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently we have 650 elected MPs which act on our behalf elected not based on competency, experience or qualifications but based on which party they represent. BREXIT has demonstrated this is a failed system and the system must change. Everyone else has to show a CV when looking for work.

The working population have to show they are capable and able to carry out a role before being employed. The working population work hard and pay taxes of millions of pounds to government. The elected parliament MPs can then authorise spending on the NHS, Education, The Environment and Defence for example with NO experience or background in the subject wasting tax payers money

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions which call for actions that are the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

MPs are not employees, they are elected to represent their constituents and paid by the Independent Parliamentary Standards authority, which is independent of both the Government and Parliament.

It's not the Government's or Parliament's responsibility to insist on a CV.

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Introduce terms of service for MPs

Timeline

4 Apr 2019	Petition opened for signatures
25 Apr 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 25 Apr 2019

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