Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 112179

Ethics and Integrity Commission and Lobbying

Tabled: 10 February 2026

Answered: 24 March 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Ethics and Integrity Commission will be placed on a statutory basis and (b) he plans to introduce primary legislation to reform lobbying regulation.

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds

We will continue to work with the newly established Ethics and Integrity Commission to ensure that it achieves its aim of promoting the highest standards in public life. In respect of lobbying, on 11 March the Prime Minister wrote to the Chair of the Ethi...

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