And there are different types of lobbyists.
There are consultant lobbyists and there are in-house lobbyists, which do not seem to be captured by the French version of the amendment. This raises a problem in our view.
Furthermore, to answer your questions, Madam Jennings, there is the burden of proving whether a public office holder is dealing with the lobbyist or not. The burden rests on the public office holder while the whole purpose of the bill is to capture lobbyists and their dealings. This is the difficulty we have trying to understand the basis of this provision.