What does the phrase 'outsourced' suggest about the public interest?
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: C. That responsibility for protecting it has been handed to those with a stake in the outcome
- Step 1: The sentence describes a firm writing the detail of the law that regulates it.
- Step 2: To outsource the public interest is to give its protection to a party with a private stake.
Answer
That responsibility for protecting it has been handed to those with a stake in the outcome.
Why not the others: The word is used critically; it does not imply improvement, cost saving, approval or relocation abroad.
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