Labour's Chris Bryant, who chairs the standards committee, has said there are some All-Party Parliamentary Groups that don't 'pass the sniff test'.
"We want to make sure that every APPG has proper support in parliament and isn't just something that has been cooked up by a PR company or a lobbying company in an attempt to exercise undue influence."
With the number of active groups over 700 - from banking, beer and Bermuda, to Christianity, climate change and China - there is concern over improper links. Other proposals include barring MPs from sitting on more than six APPGs and introducing tougher rules on the governance of groups receiving more than £1,500 a year in outside benefits.
While acknowledging many APPGs are"brilliant", Mr Bryant said:"There are just too many that I look at and I go 'ooh that is very close to pursuing a commercial interest for an individual'.
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