CIPR_No_Rules_Britannia - Flipbook - Page 20
Is there a statutory lobbying Code of Conduct?
Is it free to register as a lobbyist?
Westminster
Westminster
Australia
Australia
Canada
Canada
EU
EU
France
France
Germany
Germany
Holyrood
Holyrood
Ireland
Ireland
USA
USA
Those that do sign the Westminster register are not
required to sign up to a code of conduct, let alone a
statutory code. Many other countries have statutory
codes of conduct.
The Westminster register is also unlike other countries in
charging consultant lobbyists £1,000 per year for their
entry onto the register. Of the countries analysed, the
UK is the only country to do so and charges a 昀氀at-fee
regardless of the size or turnover of an organisation.
The EU and Australia are able to reduce access to
Government buildings for those lobbyists who breach
the code of conduct for lobbyists. This essentially works
as a reputational deterrent for 昀椀rms acting against the
principles of lobbying regulations and removes their
ability to freely operate in the halls of power. Currently,
Members of either house can be banned from Parliament
for misconduct, or for breaking lobbying rules, but similar
deterrents have not been applied (or, at least not in the
public record) to lobbyists.
Those that do sign the Westminster register
are not required to sign up to a code of
conduct, let alone a statutory code.
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CIPR / No Rules Britannia?
