R1-6

On disclosure of interests we recommend: the Register should continue broadly in its present form, and should be published annually. [B] However the detailed entry requirements should be improved to give a clearer description of the nature and scope of the interests declared; updating of the Register should be immediate. The current updated version should be made more widely available electronically; [B] from the beginning of the 1995/96 session (expected in November) Members should be required to deposit in full with the Register any contracts relating to the provision of services in their capacity as Members, and such contracts should be available for public inspection; [B] from the same time, Members should be required to declare in the Register their annual remuneration, or estimated annual remuneration, in respect of such agreements. It would be acceptable if this were done in bands: eg under £1,000; £1,000-5,000; £5,000-10,000; then in £5,000 bands. An estimate of the monetary value of benefits in kind, including support services, should also be made; [B] Members should be reminded more frequently of their obligations to Register and disclose interests, and that Registration does not remove the need for declaration and better guidance should be given, especially on first arrival in the House.