Should ex-MPs get a medal thanking them for their service? That’s the suggestion of the Commons Administration Committee, which has today published a report called ‘Smoothing the cliff edge’ about what happens when MPs leave parliament, either of their own accord or because voters have turfed them out.

It’s an interesting piece of work, with the central thesis that the current treatment of ex-MPs could be putting off the very best from going into politics in the first place.