She acknowledged that she could help the fictitious company's clients to influence legislation.

Lobbyists detected that the upper house could be a more profitable area for them and one in which they could influence legislation with little detection or accountability.

Parliamentary rules state that peers should not seek to influence legislation in return for financial reward.

They do not have the strength to influence legislation.

Strategic considerations for lobbyists, trying to influence legislation, include locating a power base or a constituency logically predisposed to support a given policy.