Register of Members' Interests

The Register of Members' Interests can now be accessed on-line. This exists:

"to provide information of any pecuniary interest or other material benefit which a Member receives which might reasonably be thought by others to influence his or her actions, speeches or votes in Parliament, or actions taken in his or her capacity as a Member of Parliament"

Whilst many MPs' entries are a catalogue of junkets, non-executive directorships and highly paid speeches, Paddy Tipping's entry is a modest Vice-President of the Ramblers' Association. He receives no payment for this work.