Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a donation by consultant lobbyists to a Minister is deemed to be contact for the purposes of registration on the Register of Consultant Lobbyists.

Under the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014, lobbying that triggers an obligation to register with the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists is defined as oral or written communications made personally to a Minister or permanent secretary; relating to government legislation, policy, funding or any other function; and which is made on behalf of a paying client.