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MPs could face a crackdown on hosting TV shows under new rules to restore trust in parliament.<\/p>\n

The newly formed modernisation committee today published a memorandum agreeing to look at tightening rules on second jobs.<\/p>\n

Politics Live: PM to pledge ‘biggest reimagining of NHS’ in major speech <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The committee was promised in Labour’s manifesto and is tasked with reforming House of Commons procedures and driving up standards.<\/p>\n

MPs in the group, which met for the first time on Wednesday, said an early priority would be to look at outside paid engagements such as media appearances.<\/p>\n

The committee will examine “whether paid outside engagements such as MP media appearances, journalism and speeches provide a benefit to the public or present a conflict of interest”, it said.<\/p>\n

It follows the controversy of some MPs earning hundreds of thousands of pounds for contractual broadcast jobs.<\/p>\n

Channels including GB News and LBC have shows hosted by serving MPs.<\/p>\n

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage presents a show on GB News, as does Reform MP Lee Anderson.<\/p>\n

Foreign Secretary David Lammy previously hosted an LBC radio show while in opposition but quit ahead of the general election.<\/p>\n

Committees are normally chaired by backbench MPs but this one is unusual in that it will be chaired by Lucy Powell, the leader of the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

She said: “It is a great privilege to serve constituents as a member of parliament, but this privilege requires us to embody the very highest standards.<\/p>\n

“As we turn the page in this parliament following the events of the last, the Modernisation Committee will find ways to do things better.”<\/p>\n

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