6th July 2010

An Early Day Motion (EDM) urging the Coalition to bring forward the necessary legislation for an effective statutory register of lobbyists has been tabled by Kelvin Hopkins MP, at the request of the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency.

This is the EDM:

That this House notes the commitment by the new coalition Government to establish a statutory register of lobbyists; recalls the personal commitment of the Deputy Prime Minister to introduce a statutory register; believes that such a register should be independently managed and enforced, that it should include information provided by both lobbyists and those being lobbied and provisions ensuring effective financial disclosure; and calls on the Government to bring forward the necessary legislation as a matter of urgency.

By July 6th, 29 MPs had signed from all parties, although of those only two Conservative have pledged their support.