§ 35. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Lord President of the Council if he will now reconsider, after consultation with the Official Opposition, the recommendations of the Select Committee Report on Members' outside financial interests, with a view to establishing a compulsory public register of such interests.
§ Mr. WhitelawAs I said in the House on 6th December last, I remain prepared to consider this Report again, if it were the general wish of the House. I would, however, remind the hon. Gentleman that a principal conclusion of this Select Committee was that there was no effective way of compiling such a register.—[Vol. 827, c. 954.]