House of Commons - Introducing a statutory register of lobbyists

Political and Constitutional Reform - Second Report
Introducing a statutory register of lobbyists

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 July 2012.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

Lobbying: Access and Influence in Whitehall

The Committee's inquiry

2 What is the problem?

The perception of undue influence

3 The Government's proposals

The Government's definition of a lobbyist

Third party lobbyists

In-house lobbyists

A statutory code of conduct

How effective are the Government's proposals?

4 Other options for a statutory register

Option 1: no statutory register

Option 2: medium regulation

Option 3: A highly regulated system

5 Ministerial meetings

Timeliness

The format of meeting data

Level of detail in meeting disclosures

A central government portal

6 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and written evidence

Additional (unprinted) written evidence