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THE OBSERVER'S INVESTIGATION OF LOBBYISTS

EDM number 1529 in 1997-98, proposed by Richard Allan on 08/07/1998.

That this House congratulates The Observer newspaper on its willingness to investigate the ethical standards of government in Britain, irrespective of that government's political colour; is gravely disappointed at the poor response of Her Majesty's Government to the activities revealed by The Observer; believes that when the British people voted for change last year, they did not expect to see Labour Party activists exploiting their contacts with the new Labour Government for large lobbying fees; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to treat allegations of misbehaviour by Labour lobbyists with the same seriousness with which they took claims about the Conservative Government before 1st May last year.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Richard Allan08/07/1998Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratProposed
Evan Harris08/07/1998Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones08/07/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 08/07/1998MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Brand08/07/1998Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable08/07/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey08/07/1998Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker08/07/1998LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Wallace08/07/1998Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis08/07/1998Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders09/07/1998TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Fearn09/07/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch13/07/1998HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake14/07/1998Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roseanna Cunningham14/07/1998PerthScottish National PartySigned
Jackie Ballard14/07/1998TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Donald Gorrie15/07/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell21/07/1998Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Ray Michie22/07/1998Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey23/07/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned

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