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<p>Yes. Members of the House of Lords may sponsor their staff for parliamentary photo-passes,
provided the member certifies that the applicant for the pass genuinely provides parliamentary
research or secretarial services for the member or acts as a carer or driver for them.</p><p>Members’
staff with parliamentary photo-passes are subject to the Code of Conduct for House
of Lords Members’ Staff. This requires them to disclose in the Register of Members’
Staff Interests any employment they have outside the House of Lords. They must also
register any financial interest in businesses or organisations involved in public
affairs or parliamentary lobbying. The Code of Conduct prohibits members’ staff from
making use of their access to the parliamentary estate to further the interests of
an outside body from whom they receive payment.</p>
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