What was your greatest success as an MP?

What was your greatest success as an MP?

Oona King (Author and Former Member of Parliament) gives expert video advice on: Who was your boss?; How much do MPs earn?; Do all MPs get the same salary? and more...

My greatest success was changing the law in various areas, because it is fairly hard to change the law. I got the government to take up a law. It's a bit arcane, and people could check my website, if you want to know the detail of it, oonaking.com. It was about how you stop people getting ripped off when the place they work for is privatized, so for cleaners, low paid people in the NHS and a lot of public sector things. That was one area, and the other one maybe was the best compliment I ever got as an MP, which was that people would always go, "But you can't be an MP, you're too normal," and I think that was an achievement, trying to be normal.