Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 77858
Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists
Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025
Question
Rachel Blake
Labour (Co-op) — Cities of London and Westminster
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plan to extend the scope of the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists to include (a) in-house lobbyists, (b) trade bodies, (c) think tanks and (d) campaigning organisations.
Answer
Nick Thomas-SymondsThe Government continues to keep transparency around lobbying under review, and will factor into consideration any relevant international comparators, and PACAC's post-legislative scrutiny of the 2014 Lobbying Act, as any policy reforms are considered.