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    "content": "the effect of failure to declare interest in a matter under consideration, and what ensues after a Member declares a possible conflict of interest on a matter. The Speaker then guided that it was the responsibility of Members to declare any interest that they may have in any matter before the House or a committee. Let me now turn to comparable jurisdictions. In the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the regime for declaration of interests is wider than registration of Members’ interests. It covers not just direct and current interests, but indirect interests, past interests and expected future interests. In the same jurisdiction, interests must be declared not only when speaking, but when giving written notices, including when filing Questions. It also extends to correspondences and meetings with ministers, public officials and other members. Paid advocacy is prohibited. Members are not allowed to engage in any parliamentary proceedings or to seek to influence others in such a way as to benefit exclusively a body outside Parliament in which they have pecuniary interest. Formal lobbying is also attracting the attention of the UK Houses of Parliament. Erskine May’s Parliamentary Practice, an authority on parliamentary practice and procedure, notes in the 24th Edition with regard to the House of Commons:"
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