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It's near-impossible to do that, because of the idea that Parliament has to regulate its own affairs to retain the concept of parliamentary sovereignty.
They could create a body to regulate their affairs (e.g. IPSA, Parliamentary Standards Committee) but there's no way you could stop them voting to change or amend them to make them less favourable to their friends.
So much of our system (in fact the entire doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty) relies on trust, which is why it's so important to elect the right people.
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The salary thing is a Thatcherite red herring, yes.
What would improve MPs behaviour is effective regulation: a strict code of conduct and financial regulation, and a disciplinary body with active investigatory powers backed up with funding and claws.