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| − | + | The '''All-Party Parliamentary Intellectual Property Group''' (APPIPG) was set up with the aim of engaging 'debate and [to] highlight the value of intellectual property (IP) and the importance of its promotion and protection.' <ref name="November"/> | |
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| + | It was one of the groups identified by the Times in 2006 which did not adequately disclose support from lobbying or PR firms, which 'list only the name of a lobbyist or public affairs consultant, and do not specify an ultimate client. This would appear to be a clear breach of parliamentary 1985 rules that state: “Where a public relations agency provides the assistance, the ultimate client should be named.”<ref>House of Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges, Written evidence received by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmstnprv/1145/1145.pdf 1. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Robert Thomson, 20 January 2006] Lobbying and All Party | ||
Groups Ninth Report of Session 2005–06 </ref> | Groups Ninth Report of Session 2005–06 </ref> | ||
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*Treasurer: [[Jim Dowd]] - [[Labour]] | *Treasurer: [[Jim Dowd]] - [[Labour]] | ||
*Secretary: [[Andrew Bingham]] - [[Conservative Party]] | *Secretary: [[Andrew Bingham]] - [[Conservative Party]] | ||
| − | *Vice-chair: Lord [[Timothy Clement-Jones]] - [[Liberal Democrats]]<ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/151113/intellectual-property.htm Intellectual Property APPG], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 19 November 2015</ref> | + | *Vice-chair: Lord [[Timothy Clement-Jones]] - [[Liberal Democrats]]<ref name="November"> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/151113/intellectual-property.htm Intellectual Property APPG], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 19 November 2015</ref> |
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| + | ===Active members=== | ||
| + | Baroness [[Patricia Morris]] - [[Conservative Party]] | [[David Warburton]] - [[Conservative Party]] | [[Nigel Adams]] - [[Conservative Party]] | [[James Cleverly]] - [[Conservative Party]] | Sir [[Greg Knight]] - [[Conservative Party]] | [[Andrew Griffiths]] - [[Conservative Party]] | [[Kevin Brennan]] - [[Labour]] <ref name="Website">[http://allpartyipgroup.org.uk/activeMembers.html Membership list], ''All Party Intellectual Property Group'', accessed 19 November 2015</ref> | ||
==Lobbying agency== | ==Lobbying agency== | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 19 November 2015
The All-Party Parliamentary Intellectual Property Group (APPIPG) was set up with the aim of engaging 'debate and [to] highlight the value of intellectual property (IP) and the importance of its promotion and protection.' [1]
It was one of the groups identified by the Times in 2006 which did not adequately disclose support from lobbying or PR firms, which 'list only the name of a lobbyist or public affairs consultant, and do not specify an ultimate client. This would appear to be a clear breach of parliamentary 1985 rules that state: “Where a public relations agency provides the assistance, the ultimate client should be named.”[2]
Contents
People
Officers, Nov 2015
- Chair: Pete Wishart - Scottish National Party
- Treasurer: Jim Dowd - Labour
- Secretary: Andrew Bingham - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair: Lord Timothy Clement-Jones - Liberal Democrats[1]
Active members
Baroness Patricia Morris - Conservative Party | David Warburton - Conservative Party | Nigel Adams - Conservative Party | James Cleverly - Conservative Party | Sir Greg Knight - Conservative Party | Andrew Griffiths - Conservative Party | Kevin Brennan - Labour [3]
Lobbying agency
In 2011 the House of Commons APPG Register declares Luther Pendragon as providing secretariat services to the group on behalf of the Alliance Against Intellectual Property Theft. [4] Both are listed by Luther Pendragon on the register. [5]
Benefits declared by the Group
Registered June 2013
- Luther Pendragon (a consultancy) provides secretariat services to the group on behalf of the Alliance Against IP Theft. Some members of the group visited Brussels from 26-28 March 2013 to meet the EU Commission, UK Government Officials and MEPs. The cost of accommodation and dinner was met by the Premier League (registered June 2013).[6]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Intellectual Property APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 19 November 2015
- ↑ House of Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges, Written evidence received by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards 1. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Robert Thomson, 20 January 2006 Lobbying and All Party Groups Ninth Report of Session 2005–06
- ↑ Membership list, All Party Intellectual Property Group, accessed 19 November 2015
- ↑ House of Commons [REGISTER OF ALL-PARTY GROUPS 28 October 2011].
- ↑ Luther Pendragon, APPC Register Entry for 1 September 2010 to 30 November 2010, APPC Register Entry for 30 November 2010 to 28 February 2011
- ↑ [Register Of All-Party Groups as at 24 July 2013 - Intellectual Property], UK Parliament, accessed 13 September 2013.
