division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [4th Allotted Day] &#8212; Lobbying
motion: <p class="" pid="a.172.0/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from &#8220;House&#8221; to the end and add:</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.172.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;notes the failure of the previous administration to implement a statutory register of lobbyists for 13 years; welcomes the Coalition Agreement commitment to regulate lobbying through a statutory register; notes the Government&#8217;s consultation paper on Introducing a Statutory Register of Lobbyists; welcomes the Government&#8217;s commitment to bring forward legislation before the summer recess to introduce a statutory register of lobbyists, as part of a broad package of measures to tighten the rules on how third parties can influence the UK&#8217;s political system; and looks forward to welcoming reforms that ensure that the activities of outside organisations who seek to influence the political process are transparent, accountable and properly regulated.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.218.4/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Question put (<phrase class="standing-order" code="31(2)" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 31(2)</phrase>), That the original words stand part of the Question.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.218.4/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.218.4/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 228, Noes 278.</p>