R6-10

The guidelines relating to the ban on paid advocacy, set out in the Guide to the Rules relating to the Conduct of Members, should be amended so as to make it possible for an MP who has a personal interest to initiate proceedings which relate in a general way (and not exclusively) to that interest, subject to the following safeguards:. the MP is prohibited from engaging in `paid advocacy' on behalf of that interest;. he or she is required to register and declare the interest in accordance with the guidelines;. he or she must identify his or her interest on the Order Paper (or Notice Paper) by way of an agreed symbol when initiating a debate. Chapter 4: Ministers