Committee on Standards in Public Life: Upholding Standards in Public Life
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Response position Partially accepted
Delivery status In progress
Published November 2021
Addressed to Cabinet Office
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Consultant lobbyists should also have to register on the basis of any communications with special advisers, directors general, and directors.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Upholding Standards in Public Life, November 2021
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The Government accepts in principle that the scope of departments' transparency returns should be mirrored in the requirements of the Register of Consultant Lobbyists. However, the Government will be assessing the impact of expanded transparency returns on departments before introducing such a change in primary legislation.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗
Assessment by the issuing body
Assessment (the Committee's words)
Partially met