What is the main point of the passage?
Lobbying has a bad reputation, and some of it is deserved. When a firm with a seat at every important meeting writes the detail of the law that regulates it, the public interest has been outsourced. But the response should not be to treat all lobbying as corrupt. Charities, trade unions and local residents also lobby, and a ban would silence them along with the large companies. Better to concentrate on transparency: a public register of who met whom, about what, and with what result. Sunlight will not abolish influence, but it will make it harder to exercise unnoticed, and unnoticed influence is the kind that matters most.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Lobbying should be made transparent rather than banned
- Step 1: The author rejects a ban because it would silence charities and residents and recommends transparency.
- Step 2: The final sentence says transparency will not abolish influence.
Answer
Lobbying should be made transparent rather than banned.
Why not the others: The passage opposes treating all lobbying as corrupt, does not target charities, criticises firms writing their regulation, and denies that a register abolishes influence.
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