Limit second jobs for Members of Parliament

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Increase the tax rate on MPs to 100% for any income in addition to their salary as a parliamentarian over the median national income. We expect our elected representatives to work for the money they are paid by the public, not for external interests.

Right now there is a very clear conflict of interest, namely that MPs are free to use their positions to receive funding far in excess of their salaries. If we want to ensure that public money is being well-spent, then we should stop our MPs from earning considerably more from "second" jobs than they do from actually being an MP.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

9 Jan 2023	Petition opened for signatures
13 Jan 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Jan 2023

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