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514673

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Bridges of Headley on 19 April (HL Deb, col 543) on government grant agreements, whether an academic research institution which is also a charity and is in receipt of government funding from research councils will be covered by the proposed anti-lobbying clauses expected to be introduced in grant agreements from 1 May.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL7819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>As the Minister for the Cabinet Office the Rt Hon Matthew Hancock made clear on 27 April, we are committed to protecting taxpayers' money from being wasted on government lobbying government. We are pausing the implementation of this clause into grant agreements, pending a review of the representations made.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 05/05/2016 14:04:29 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1227997

	registered interest
	date	27/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to adopt the recommendation in the report by the Group of States against Corruption, Fifth evaluation round - evaluation report - United Kingdom, published on the 17 May 2018, that the scope of the registry of consultant lobbyists be extended to include (1) third parties operating with in-house lobbyists, and (2) the lobbying of specialist advisors and senior civil servants involved in policy making.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL7360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>As the Minister for the Constitution and Devolution set out in a letter to the Executive Secretary of the Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) Secretariat, the Government will commence post-legislative scrutiny of Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 Act (the Act) this year.</p><p>The letter is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/903767/Letter_of_24_July_from_Chloe_Smith_to_Gianluca_Esposito.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/903767/Letter_of_24_July_from_Chloe_Smith_to_Gianluca_Esposito.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7359 HL7361 question first answered 11/08/2020 11:08:24 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1227998

	registered interest
	date	27/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to begin post-legislative scrutiny of Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL7361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>As the Minister for the Constitution and Devolution set out in a letter to the Executive Secretary of the Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) Secretariat, the Government will commence post-legislative scrutiny of Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 Act (the Act) this year.</p><p>The letter is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/903767/Letter_of_24_July_from_Chloe_Smith_to_Gianluca_Esposito.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/903767/Letter_of_24_July_from_Chloe_Smith_to_Gianluca_Esposito.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7359 HL7360 question first answered 11/08/2020 11:08:24 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

157074

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in establishing a statutory register of lobbyists.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL3019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has appointed Alison White as Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists and recently consulted on the draft regulations that will complete the statutory framework for the register.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 01/12/2014 15:58:54 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

222739

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider adding Governmental Non-Executive Directors to the list of people with whom lobbyists have contact for disclosure in the Statutory Register of Lobbyists.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL5080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The statutory register of consultant lobbyists is designed to complement the existing government transparency regime whereby ministers and permanent secretaries publish details of their meetings with external organisations. The Government has no plans to increase the scope of the register.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 02/03/2015 14:42:19 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

456410

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to amend the meaning of consultant lobbying to include communications with special advisers, as allowed for in section 2(5) of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL6638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Register complements the existing government transparency regime whereby Ministers and Permanent Secretaries proactively publish quarterly details of their meetings with external organisations and individuals. The Government has no plans to increase the scope of the Register. It is usual practice to publish an updated Code of Conduct for Special Advisers after an election. The updated Code, published on 15 October, does not change the role and powers of special advisers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 15/03/2016 17:59:42 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

456411

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to meet the objectives outlined in the Impact Assessment of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 in relation to in-house lobbyists, specifically increasing the transparency of lobbying by opening it up to public scrutiny and increasing public accountability and public trust in the system of Government.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL6639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Transparency of Lobbying Act created a statutory register of lobbyists. The Register has increased transparency by requiring that, for the first time, people who are paid to lobby the Government on behalf of others must disclose their clients on a publicly available register. The statutory Register has also enabled the activities of consultant lobbyists to be more effectively scrutinised by requiring lobbyists to declare whether they subscribe to a code of conduct.</p><p>In addition, the Register of consultant lobbyists complements the Government’s existing transparency commitment to regularly publish details of the meetings of Ministers and Permanent Secretaries with external organisations and individuals and tackles the problem that it was not always clear whose interests were being represented by “third-party&quot; or consultant lobbyists.</p><p>The Register does not include in-house lobbyists because it is, by definition, clear who they are working for when their details are published in the list of meetings of Ministers and Permanent Secretaries.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 15/03/2016 18:00:14 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

456854

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the new Cabinet Office guidelines that no government grants may be used to lobby for new regulation or more government funding would preclude academics at publicly funded universities, or charities in receipt of grants for specific work, from giving evidence to parliamentary select committees drawing on such publicly funded research.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL6668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The new clause will not prevent recipients from performing activities that are part of the intended purpose of the grant. It makes sure that taxpayers’ money is not diverted from their intended purpose and wasted on political campaigning and political lobbying. <br>As indicated at the House of Lords Science Technology Committee, BIS and Cabinet Office are looking into how this new clause will apply to academic research.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL6669 HL6670 question first answered 18/04/2016 16:37:03 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

456855

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the new Cabinet Office guidelines that no government grants may be used to lobby for new regulation or more government funding would preclude academics at publicly funded universities, or charities in receipt of grants for specific work, from giving talks, writing articles or submitting letters to newspapers seeking to influence policy if such activity draws on such publicly funded research.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL6669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The new clause will not prevent recipients from performing activities that are part of the intended purpose of the grant. It makes sure that taxpayers’ money is not diverted from their intended purpose and wasted on political campaigning and political lobbying. <br>As indicated at the House of Lords Science Technology Committee, BIS and Cabinet Office are looking into how this new clause will apply to academic research.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL6668 HL6670 question first answered 18/04/2016 16:37:03 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

514318

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether grants administered by the Arts Council will be exempted from new Cabinet Office guidelines that no government grants may be used to lobby.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
	uin	HL7808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>As the Minister for the Cabinet Office the Rt Hon Matthew Hancock made clear on 27 April, we are committed to protecting taxpayers' money from being wasted on government lobbying government. We are pausing the implementation of this clause into grant agreements, pending a review of the representations made.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 05/05/2016 13:55:13 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty