MPs could be banned from having consultancy jobs like Owen Paterson’s under plans for a clampdown on #sleaze being considered by the Commons standards committee.

It tells voters everything that 28 of the 30 MP's who could be affected are @Conservatives.

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Andrew Mitchell, £182,600 for 34.5 days
Julian Smith, £144,000pa for 62-84 hrs
Chris Grayling, £90,000 for 240 hrs
Alun Cairns, £60,000pa for up to 224 hrs
Ruth Edwards, £60,000pa for 192 hrs
Stephen Hammond, £60,000pa for 50-100 hrs
Steve Brine, £58,392pa for 288 hrs
David Davis, £50,848 for 184 hrs
Sir John Hayes, £50,000pa for 80-90 hrs
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, £45,000pa for 174 hrs
Damian Green, £40,000 pa for 288 hrs
Tim Loughton,£37,000pa for 144 hrs
Daniel Kawczynski, £36,000pa for 360 hrs
Andrew Percy, £36,000pa for 72 hrs
Khalid Mahmood, (Labour) £25,000 a year for up to 180 hrs
Laurence Robertson, £24,000pa for 120 hrs
Richard Fuller, £20,000pa for 48 hours (plus an additional £29,900 for 19 hrs in 2021 so far)
Sir Robert Neill, £19,500 for 82 hrs
Royston Smith, £18,000 for 90 hrs since May 2020
Sir Greg Knight, £16,000pa for 108 hrs
Ben Everitt, £15,000pa for 60-80 hrs
Andrew Bridgen, £12,000pa for 96 hrs
Philip Davies, £12,000pa for 60-120 hrs
Sir Graham Brady, £10,000pa for 12 hrs
Chris Skidmore, £10,000pa for 48-96 hrs
John Redwood, £5,000pa for 12 hrs
Andrew Lewer, £4,800pa for 48 hrs
Dean Russell, £2,100 for 30 hrs in 2021

Also, Sir Ed Davey, (LibDem) £78,000 for 120 hrs – all earnings used to benefit Sir Ed’s disabled son.

Details of which companies they lobby - sorry, "consult" for:

#TorySleaze

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