HC Deb 11 July 1972 vol 840 c312W
66. Mr. Edelman

asked the Lord President of the Council whether he will require lobbies acting on behalf of foreign interests in relation to parliamentary proceedings to declare their interest in an official register to be published in the OFFICIAL REPORT at the beginning of each parliamentary Session.

Mr. R. Carr

I am not satisfied that any such register is practicable for similar reasons which led the Select Committee on Members' Interests to reject the proposal for a register in that field—namely, the problems of definition and enforcement.

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