Sir, MPs may or may not become more diligent in their financial dealings, but I suspect not. One reform I would advocate would be to enable the right of electors in any constituency to recall their MP. It should be possible for, say, 5 per cent of electors in a constituency to petition for a by-election to be held at any time after the legal mid-point of a Parliament. The result would be to avoid the pressure between elections in attempting to influence the government party machine to act.
If electors in a particular constituency want to get rid of an MP whose conduct has caused very great offence, why should they have to wait until the party machine deems it expedient to act?
Professor Eric Moonman
(Former Labour MP)
London N7