LOBBY

[noun] [C]Representatives of the anti-abortion lobby (= group) will meet sympathetic MPs this afternoon.The environmental lobby has been arguing for a reduction in the use of cars.In the British parliament, a lobby is a room where someone meets a member of parliament whom they have arranged to talk to. A lobby is also one of the two passages which members of parliament walk through as a way of voting.A lobby correspondent is a reporter who spends a lot of time in the British parliament trying to discover news about recent and future political events.