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  But Roger, where do the specialist skills and talent come for the Cabinet? - backbenchers and new MPs..... If you want talent then you have to pay the rate for the job and we dont pay them enough.
  
  Bern - if you are successful running a business and wish to put those skills to the service of the country, in Parliament and perhaps Cabinet eventually and you are used to an income of £250,000, will you really want your family to make the sacrifices that would be involved to become a MP on £65,000? Of course if they can continue to have second jobs and Directorships to bring in more dosh then fair enough but you often find those wanting to keep MPs pay low also are against second jobs. Oh, and by the way, even that would mean the family making sacrifices because of long hours involved in multiple jobs.
  
  It just does not work - why on earth do you think there are so many 'professional politicians' now? These are not necessarily the people we would prefer to see in Parliament.

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