{"id":449,"date":"2011-10-16T23:47:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T22:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/?p=449"},"modified":"2011-10-16T23:47:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T22:47:12","slug":"labour-hypocrisy-on-lobbying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/labour-hypocrisy-on-lobbying\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Hypocrisy on Lobbying"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of the Adam Werritty scandal surrounding Liam Fox MP, the Labour party are apparently demanding a lobbying register. \u00a0It might surprise you to know that such a bill was introduced to the House of Commons by the Lib Dems in 2006 and it was voted down by 284 Labour MP’s.<\/p>\n

You will be pleased to know that just such a register is in the Coalition agreements from 2010, as demanded by the Lib Dems.<\/p>\n

Gareth Thomas MP, Shadow Cabinent Office minister said:<\/p>\n

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“David Cameron has still not introduced the compulsory register of lobbyists he promised.<\/p>\n

“In the wake of the Adam Werritty and Atlantic Bridge activities it is now essential we have greater transparency.<\/p>\n

“The government should bring forward as a matter of urgency plans for a compulsory register of lobbyists with records being kept of meetings between lobbyists and ministers.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article on the BBC by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Every Lib Dem member, supporter and MP agrees. \u00a0Which is why we have been calling for regulation of lobbying for years. \u00a0In fact we introduced a bill to the House of Commons calling for a reporting of corporate expenditure on lobbying and putting a cap on their lobbying expenditure.<\/p>\n

Remember, this is all before the Stephen Byers “Cab For Hire” incident.<\/p>\n

Any guesses for Labour MP’s who voted against the motion? \u00a0You guessed it Ed Milliband, Ed Balls, Yvette Cooper, and one Gareth Thomas.<\/p>\n

Also of note, the Conservatives did not bother to vote. \u00a0And 5 of the 6 SNP MPs also voted against the Lib Dem bill, including Angus MP, Mike Weir.<\/p>\n

You can see full details of the Bill and all those MPs who voted against it by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image from BBC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Labour are demanding a lobbying register. In 2006, 284 Labour MPs, voted against a Lib Dem bill to introduce one, including Ed Milliband. 5 of 6 SNP MPs voted against it, and only 1 Conservative MP votes (against). Complete hypocrisy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[48,130],"tags":[153,154,102,106],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1VHxS-7f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}