Статья: Лоббирование в Великобритании: история развития и проблемы регулирования

Вторая часть закона, посвященная беспартийной агитации, должна была «остановить движение британской политики по американскому пути», когда обладающие крупными финансовыми ресурсами лица тратят огромные деньга на выборы через третьих лиц и тем самым добиваются анонимности. Тем не менее, от «безответственных миллионеров» избавиться не удалось. Как отмечают различные СМИ, 50 тыс. фунтов стерлингов по-прежнему могут обеспечить вам обед с премьер-министром, консерваторы продолжают использовать пробел в законодательстве, позволяющий лицам, пожертвовавшим менее 7,5 тыс. фунтов стерлингов «некорпоративным» местным партийным ассоциациям, оставаться неизвестными (в 2014 г. около 40% финансирования общих выборов пришлось на такие пожертвования).

Регистратор Э. Уайт, которой было поручено создание реестра, столкнулась с большим количеством трудностей. В настоящее время она занимается написанием руководства с целью «устранения неоднозначности». Ей приходится просить лоббистов о предоставлении дополнительной информации, поскольку той информации, которая предоставляется в соответствии с законом, явно недостаточно для реализации даже самых узких задач правительства. Представляется, что лоббистское сообщество вполне оправданно утверждает, что введение реестра - это тупик. Закон о прозрачности лоббирования нуждается в существенном пересмотре.

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