Select committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Conclusion 11
Fourth Report - Lobbying and Influence: post-legislative scrutiny of the Lobbying Act 2014 and related matters
Published 2 May 2024
Paragraph 45
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
We recognise the level of frustration with the narrow scope of the Act. However, that frustration appears to be in large part a reaction to the inadequacies of the Government’s own transparency releases. The Government has committed to improve these. Given a General Election will take place within months of the publication of this report, it will be our successor Committee that will be in a position to evaluate how far these changes have addressed the concerns we have heard. We would encourage it to do so. Should the Government’s transparency releases continue to prove inadequate, the case for a statutory register of all lobbying activity should be reconsidered.
From: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Fourth Report - Lobbying and Influence: post-legislative scrutiny of the Lobbying Act 2014 and related matters (HC 203), paragraph 45, 2 May 2024
Government response
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