DLA Upstream

DLA Upstream is the lobbying branch of DLA. They gave more than £5,000 in sponsorship to the Labour Party in 1999-2000 and spent more than £5,000 on "Tickets for Dinners" in 2000-2001.

Clients

According to Kevin Craig, of DLA Upstream 'It works with NHS Trusts, American pharmaceutical companies in the UK and has worked with the BIA over the last two years'^[1]

• British Bankers' Association, Centrica and Standard Life. ^[2]
• Bioindustry Association particularly in relation to animal rights campaigns against animal testing. One of the Associations members is Huntingdon Life Sciences. Paul Gay of HLS records (January 21-28 2001):

Enormous thanks go to the BIA and other trade associations for their support and lobbying activity during this time.^[3]

Affiliations

• European Public Affairs Consultants Association, member.

Notes

1. ^ PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES: HOW LOBBYING YOUR MP CAN HELP Kevin Craig, DLA Upstream, BIOINDUSTRY ASSOCIATION RISK MANAGEMENT SEMINAR, RISK AND REPUTATION: ANIMAL TESTING – MINIMISING RISK, 2 April 2001, Accessed March 2007.
2. ^ http://www.lawcareers.net/Information/LCNFocus/Detail.aspx?r=85
3. ^ THE IMPACT OF THIS ISSUE – EXPERIENCES AT HUNTINGDON Andrew Gay, Marketing Director, Huntingdon Life Sciences, BIOINDUSTRY ASSOCIATION RISK MANAGEMENT SEMINAR, RISK AND REPUTATION: ANIMAL TESTING – MINIMISING RISK, 2 April 2001, Accessed March 2007.