Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Flynn (Labour), on Wednesday, 15 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 19 members in total.

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS

That this House recalls former Prime Minister David Cameron's condemnation in 2010 of politicians who are out to serve themselves and not the country by lobbying; notes the abject failure of the Government's watchdog, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, to reduce the abuses of the potentially corrupting revolving door between ministerial office and big business lobbying; and calls on the Government to establish an effective watchdog that would enhance the House's reputation for probity, removing the opportunities for former Ministers to sell their inside knowledge and contacts for financial advantage by prohibiting their lobbying for companies they influenced or regulated in their Ministerial roles.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1079 

Session

2016-17

Other sponsors

Alex Salmond

Kelvin Hopkins

Jim Cunningham

Angus Brendan MacNeil

Chris Stephens

Subjects

Companies Business Legislative process Members Ministers Parliament Regulation

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk