El Barbudo wrote:
They should have to mention their interest every time they speak on those topics and be barred from being on a committee or voting on topics around those interests.
I can't think of a good reason why it isn't that way already.
The phrase is "confrontational politics", its what our parliament is built on, the way its worked for hundreds of years.
The argument goes that in order to present a balanced view you have to have representatives from both sides to present those views and if an MP is employed by one of the interested parties then he's in a good position to present that point.
Where the wheel fall off is when a majority of MP's have business interests in various parties and whilst declaring them in a often ignored register, fail to mention the fact during debates and votes - everyone has an opinion on a topic and thats why we place them in parliament but technically they should be there to represent the majority of their constituents views, not the view of a secret paymaster.
