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PRCA adds support to Political and Constitutional Reform Committee recommendations

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By The Drum Team, Editorial

July 13, 2012 | 2 min read

The PRCA has said that it supported the ideas put forward in the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee report, calling for the scrapping of Government proposals for a statutory register of lobbyists.

The PRCA has said previously that the current proposals, which did not include in-house lobbyists, are not fit for purpose.

Francis Ingham, PRCA chief executive, said: “It is a great sign that the Committee broadly endorses our proposals. It is now up to the Government to drop its current plans and introduce a universal statutory register as quickly as possible.

“Not a single person has said to me that the current proposals for a statutory register are right. I hope that the Government listens to the growing number of voices both inside and outside Parliament that disapprove of this poor sop to the Coalition Agreement.”

Emily Wallace, operations director at Connect Communications and PRCA Public Affairs Group chairman, said: “It’s good to see the Committee recognise that the Government proposals set out to solve a problem that doesn’t really exist, and acknowledge that the vast majority of us working with multiple clients already work in an open and transparent way.”

The CIPR has also said it agrees with the thoughts in the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee report.

The Government will publish the findings of its consultation on a statutory register of lobbyists before Parliament rises for the summer, with a white paper and draft bill expected in spring 2013.

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