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'''Bircham Dyson Bell LLP''' describe themselves as a firm of 'solicitors and parliamentary agents'.<ref name="Lobby">Bircham Dyson Bell [http://www.bdb-law.co.uk/service/public-affairs Public affairs], Accessed 20 October 2010</ref> The firm notes that part of their work is as a lobbying consultancy:

:As solicitors and Parliamentary Agents, Bircham Dyson Bell has a long and distinguished history of dealing with government and Parliament. However, uniquely within the sector, we have built on this expertise by establishing a specialist public affairs and communications practice which advises clients on all aspects of lobbying, media relations and stakeholder communications.<ref name="Lobby"/>

==People==
===Public Affairs Partners===
*[[Jonathan Bracken]] | [[Matthew Davies]] | [[Stuart Thomson]]<ref name="Lobby"/>
==Lobbying transparency==
BDB is an opponent of transparency, even questioning the need for public disclosure of clients.  In its evidence to the Public Administration select committee in 2007 it noted:

:Bircham Dyson Bell LLP is not a member of the APPC and, as a law firm, questions the value of published client lists as a regulatory tool in the UK. In our view, far greater emphasis should be placed upon the requirement for lobbyists to disclose who they are acting for in a particular situation.<ref name="memo">Bircham Dyson Bell [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmpubadm/36/36we18.htm Memorandum from Bircham Dyson Bell LLP], September 2007, submitted to the Public Administration Select committee and published in its 2009 report ''Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall''.</ref>

==Affilations==
*[[Energy UK]] member
*[[Hansard Society]], corporate supporter between 2003 and 2010 at least.<ref>Hansard Society [http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blogs/about_us/pages/hansard-society-corporate-supporters-programme.aspx Hansard Society Corporate Supporters Programme], accessed 20 October 2010</ref><ref>Hansard Society [http://web.archive.org/web/20080410120400/www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blogs/about_us/pages/hansard-society-corporate-supporters-programme.aspx Hansard Society Corporate Supporters Programme], Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 10 April 2008, Accessed 20 October 2010</ref><ref>Hansard Society [http://web.archive.org/web/20070206160511/www.hansardsociety.org.uk/membership/corporate_supporters Corporate Supporters], Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 6 February 2007, Accessed 20 October 2010</ref><ref>Hansard Society [http://web.archive.org/web/20031227093248/www.hansardsociety.org.uk/membership/corporate_supporters Corporate Supporters], Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 27 December 2003, Accessed 20 October 2010</ref>
*[[Enterprise Forum]] - member

==Resources==
*Bircham Dyson Bell [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmpubadm/36/36we18.htm Memorandum from Bircham Dyson Bell LLP], September 2007, submitted to the Public Administration Select committee and published in its 2009 report ''Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall''.

==Contact==
50 Broadway<br> 
London, SW1H 0BL<br>
:Website: http://www.bdb-law.co.uk

==Notes==
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