Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014

(asked on 8th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014, in the light of the Registrar's inability to remove organisations such as Bell Pottinger from the Register of Consultant Lobbyists.


Answered by
Lord Young of Cookham Portrait
Lord Young of Cookham
This question was answered on 14th September 2017

The Transparency of Lobbying Act 2014 does not confer powers on the Registrar to remove consultant lobbyists from the Register unless they cease to be consultant lobbyists. The Government position continues to be that the current regulations are designed to complement rather than replace existing industry-led self-regulation.

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