Ed Vaizey is shadow arts minister and MP for Wantage; he is a former director of the public affairs team of Consolidated Communications.
With the election thundering down the tracks, all three main parties’ preparations are well under way.
Kevin Maguire is associate editor (politics) at the Daily Mirror.
People working in public affairs are not the only group constantly wondering what interests and activities Westminster and Brussels may require you to register.
Tom Watson is Labour MP for West Bromwich East and a member of the culture, media and sport select committee; he blogs at www.tom-watson.co.ukand is on Twitter attwitter.com/Tom_Watson.
I don’t recall ever booking a private room in the House of Commons, though the publication last month of data from the banqueting office lists a half-dozen or so bookings that over recent years have been listed next to my name. So I felt kind of sorry for the MPs who were accused of being crooks and using the House for their own business ends.
Jon Craig is chief political correspondent at Sky News.
The true test of whether you’re a real political anorak or not, I’ve always maintained, is whether you watch the re-runs of general election nights on BBC Parliament. The latest one was shown during the MPs’ half-term break. And – naturally – I watched it all day and well into the evening!