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

Question for Cabinet Office

UIN HL1472, tabled on 8 September 2017

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take, if any, to review the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 following Bell Pottinger's expulsion from the Public Relations and Communications Association.

Answered on

14 September 2017

The Government is of the view that the Transparency of Lobbying Act 2014 has increased transparency around the work of consultant lobbyists. This legislation complements the existing framework of industry-led regulation such as subscription to industry codes of conduct, alongside the publication of ministerial diaries. Therefore, the Government has no plans to review the current legislation to expand the remit of the Registrar or her office.

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Cabinet Office