All-Party Parliamentary Intellectual Property Group
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”[1]
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. [2] Both are listed by Luther Pendragon on the register. [3]
People
- John Whittingdale (Con) - Chair
- Pete Wishart - Vice-Chair
- Jim Dowd - Vice-Chair
- Lord Razzall - Treasurer
- Mike Weatherley - Secretary
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
