ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS

Early day motion 1079, tabled 15 March 2017 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 19 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 11, Labour 6, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.