We should be concerned about this APPG groups appearing in Parliament.
Lax rules around the administration of APPGs mean they can be funded & even run by public affairs firms that represent paying clients. Worse, some APPGs are not transparent about their accounts & donations.
Lax rules around the administration of APPGs mean they can be funded & even run by public affairs firms that represent paying clients. Worse, some APPGs are not transparent about their accounts & donations.
According to @openDemocracy just 17 of 135 APPGs dedicated to individual countries or global regions have declared their sources of funding.
How is that remotely OK?
MPs using Parliament to “respectabilise” lobbying for groups whose purposes may be harmful.
How is that remotely OK?
MPs using Parliament to “respectabilise” lobbying for groups whose purposes may be harmful.
Some do good work.
But what about those that do harm?
How is the use of Parliament’s space, resources and indeed MPs being regulated?
But what about those that do harm?
How is the use of Parliament’s space, resources and indeed MPs being regulated?
This is but one MP who was approached.
She declined, but the APPG was eventually set up anyway so that the voice of “the nightlife”, pubs, clubs and drinks business was represented, this time fronted by a different lobbying company.
She declined, but the APPG was eventually set up anyway so that the voice of “the nightlife”, pubs, clubs and drinks business was represented, this time fronted by a different lobbying company.
It looks as if former MPs get to work in these businesses and try to use their Parliamentary connections to position for influence for the interest groups that pay them.
opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…‘Making%20a%20quick%20buck’&_kx=Cdb8NsfIoXEDp4HXwUtq4VtJGNjl652WA7TM1blNvKU%3D.YjCYwm
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