My pledge over second jobs
I'M sure that, like me, many readers were appalled by media coverage which has shown the MP for Sheffield Central caught up in the 'cash-for-access' scandal.
I was particularly concerned with the following report in The Times (Mar 28): "Caborn...is already acting for business. One of his main clients is Amec, the nuclear construction company, which pays him 75,000 a year for 30 days work."
He said if a client was a 'big hitter' it could gain access to the highest levels of government. This was true of Amec's chief executive, Samir Brikho.
"If Samir Brikho wants to see the prime minister, Samir Brikho sees the prime minister," said Caborn.
Asked whether this was something he helped to arrange, he said it was."
I believe that MPs should not be paid to lobby as a second job while sitting in the Commons. It's important to recognise when people select MPs their first priority, their first job, their first loyalty has got to be to the needs of their constituents.
As a candidate for Sheffield Central I pledge not to take on a job lobbying for a private company if elected. I ask the other candidates to make the same pledge.
Paul Scriven, Lib Dem Prospective MP, Sheffield Central
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