Michael Burrell - Revision history

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−	Lobbyist '''Michael Burrell''' is vice chairman of public affairs for [[APCO]]. He is former chairman of lobbyists [[Grayling Political Strategy]], the former European vice-chairman of the lobbying and PR firm [[Edelman]] (2002-2011) <ref>David Singleton,[http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1078864/Lobbyist-Michael-Burrell-new-role-APCO-quitting-Edelman/ Lobbyist Michael Burrell new role at APCO after quitting Edelman], prweek.com, 06 July 2011, accessed 18 July 2011 </ref>, was elected chair of the [[Association of Professional Political Consultants]] in 2013<ref> http://www.appc.org.uk/appc-agm-2013/ AGM 2013] ''APPC'', 24th May 2013, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref> and deputy chair of the [[European Centre for Public Affairs]]<ref name="MP"> [http://www.govknow.com/training-event.html?id=473&info=speaker Influencing Westminster and Whitehall] ''GovKnow'' 15th October 2013, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref>.	+	Lobbyist '''Michael Burrell''' is vice chairman of public affairs for [[APCO]] and a non-executive director of [[Connect Public Affairs]]<ref> [http://connectpa.co.uk/our-people/michael-burrell-non-executive-director/ Our People] ''Connect pa'', accessed 30 October 2014 </ref>. He is former chairman of lobbyists [[Grayling Political Strategy]], the former European vice-chairman of the lobbying and PR firm [[Edelman]] (2002-2011) <ref>David Singleton,[http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1078864/Lobbyist-Michael-Burrell-new-role-APCO-quitting-Edelman/ Lobbyist Michael Burrell new role at APCO after quitting Edelman], prweek.com, 06 July 2011, accessed 18 July 2011 </ref>, was elected chair of the [[Association of Professional Political Consultants]] in 2013<ref> http://www.appc.org.uk/appc-agm-2013/ AGM 2013] ''APPC'', 24th May 2013, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref> and deputy chair of the [[European Centre for Public Affairs]]<ref name="MP"> [http://www.govknow.com/training-event.html?id=473&info=speaker Influencing Westminster and Whitehall] ''GovKnow'' 15th October 2013, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref>.

	==Controversies==		==Controversies==

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-Lobbyist '''Michael Burrell''' is vice chairman of public affairs for [[APCO]]. He is former chairman of lobbyists [[Grayling Political Strategy]], the former European vice-chairman of the lobbying and PR firm [[Edelman]] (2002-2011) and former chair of the [[Association of Professional Political Consultants]].<ref>David Singleton,[http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1078864/Lobbyist-Michael-Burrell-new-role-APCO-quitting-Edelman/ Lobbyist Michael Burrell new role at APCO after quitting Edelman], prweek.com, 06 July 2011, accessed 18 July 2011 </ref>
+Lobbyist '''Michael Burrell''' is vice chairman of public affairs for [[APCO]]. He is former chairman of lobbyists [[Grayling Political Strategy]], the former European vice-chairman of the lobbying and PR firm [[Edelman]] (2002-2011) <ref>David Singleton,[http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1078864/Lobbyist-Michael-Burrell-new-role-APCO-quitting-Edelman/ Lobbyist Michael Burrell new role at APCO after quitting Edelman], prweek.com, 06 July 2011, accessed 18 July 2011 </ref>, was elected chair of the [[Association of Professional Political Consultants]] in 2013<ref> http://www.appc.org.uk/appc-agm-2013/ AGM 2013] ''APPC'', 24th May 2013, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref> and deputy chair of the [[European Centre for Public Affairs]]<ref name="MP"> [http://www.govknow.com/training-event.html?id=473&info=speaker Influencing Westminster and Whitehall] ''GovKnow'' 15th October 2013, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref>.
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 Yours faithfully,
 [[Michael Burrell]]
 ==References==

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−	Lobbyist '''Michael Burrell''' is vice chairman of public affairs for [[APCO]]. He is former chairman of lobbyists [[Grayling Political Strategy]] ~~and~~ the former European vice-chairman of the lobbying and PR firm [[Edelman]] (2002-2011). <ref>David Singleton,[http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1078864/Lobbyist-Michael-Burrell-new-role-APCO-quitting-Edelman/ Lobbyist Michael Burrell new role at APCO after quitting Edelman], prweek.com, 06 July 2011, accessed 18 July 2011 </ref>	+	Lobbyist '''Michael Burrell''' is vice chairman of public affairs for [[APCO]]. He is former chairman of lobbyists [[Grayling Political Strategy]], the former European vice-chairman of the lobbying and PR firm [[Edelman]] (2002-2011) and former chair of the [[Association of Professional Political Consultants]].<ref>David Singleton,[http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1078864/Lobbyist-Michael-Burrell-new-role-APCO-quitting-Edelman/ Lobbyist Michael Burrell new role at APCO after quitting Edelman], prweek.com, 06 July 2011, accessed 18 July 2011 </ref>

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-Lobbyist '''Michael Burrell''' is vice chairman of public affairs for [[APCO]]. He is former chairman of lobbyists [[Grayling Political Strategy]] and the former European vice-chairman of the lobbying and PR firm [[Edelman]] (2002-2011)  <ref>David Singleton,[http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1078864/Lobbyist-Michael-Burrell-new-role-APCO-quitting-Edelman/ Lobbyist Michael Burrell new role at APCO after quitting Edelman], prweek.com, 06 July 2011, accessed 18 July 2011 </ref>
+Lobbyist '''Michael Burrell''' is vice chairman of public affairs for [[APCO]]. He is former chairman of lobbyists [[Grayling Political Strategy]] and the former European vice-chairman of the lobbying and PR firm [[Edelman]] (2002-2011).  <ref>David Singleton,[http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1078864/Lobbyist-Michael-Burrell-new-role-APCO-quitting-Edelman/ Lobbyist Michael Burrell new role at APCO after quitting Edelman], prweek.com, 06 July 2011, accessed 18 July 2011 </ref>
-==History==
+==Controversies==
 In October 1995, while Burrell was managing director of [[Westminster Strategy]], part of Grayling ''The Independent'' newspaper reported Burrell revealing some of the industry's lobbying tactics:
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 :Lobbyists are encouraging MPs to disguise their true beliefs in the House of Commons in order to get on to powerful standing committees which amend proposed legislation. Friendly MPs are urged to speak against the interests of lobbyists' clients to be chosen for the committees. Once on the committees the MPs are able to drop their opposition and argue in favour of clients, according to one of Westminster's leading lobbyists.
-:This was part of a strategy set out yesterday before a private gathering at a hotel in west London of lobbyists and executives of some of Britain's biggest companies and organisations. Unknown to the speakers, a journalist from the Independent was also present.
+:This was part of a strategy set out yesterday before a private gathering at a hotel in west London of lobbyists and executives of some of Britain's biggest companies and organisations. Unknown to the speakers, a journalist from the ''Independent'' was also present.
 :Michael Burrell, managing director of Westminster Strategy, the country's largest lobbying consultancy, gave them a run-down on the legislative process and key steps towards influencing the path of a Bill. After advising them not to ignore Commons select committees - he singled out the Treasury and Civil Service Committee as a body with real power - Mr Burrell moved on to the way Bills reach the statute book.
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 :He said the House of Lords was "more satisfying than the House of Commons". It was not easy to get results in the Commons "because of the power of the whips, but in the House of Lords you can change things". Mr Burrell named key policy-makers for lobbyists to target in an incoming Labour administration: [[Ed Balls]], a senior adviser to Gordon Brown, the Shadow Chancellor; [[David Miliband]], head of Tony Blair's policy unit; and Frank Field, the influential chairman of the Commons Social Services Committee.
-:Asked by the Independent for examples of MPs who said one thing to get on a standing committee, where they then said another, Mr Burrell angrily refused. "It was a joke, it was off the record, the whole thing was subject to Chatham House Rules. Private meetings whose remarks may not be attributed. The basis I agreed to speak was that it was off the record. I did not speak as if I was speaking in public."
+:Asked by the ''Independent'' for examples of MPs who said one thing to get on a standing committee, where they then said another, Mr Burrell angrily refused. "It was a joke, it was off the record, the whole thing was subject to Chatham House Rules. Private meetings whose remarks may not be attributed. The basis I agreed to speak was that it was off the record. I did not speak as if I was speaking in public."
 :When MPs spoke at Second Reading debates, they were told to temper their true beliefs. Once chosen to serve on the committee they could discount their earlier view. "If your objective is to make sure your case is heard, you are bound to advise it is put in a moderated way. Then there is a good chance the MP will get on the standing committee.''
 :Mr Burrell has run [[Westminster Strategy]] since its foundation in 1986. His clients have included [[National Westminster Bank]] and the [[Corporation of London]]. Among those represented at yesterday's conference were British Aerospace and [[Cable & Wireless]].
 '''Burrell wrote a letter to ''The Independent'' in reply:'''
-Sir: Your front-page story ("Secrets of the MPs who help lobbyists," 3 October) is not a balanced account of what I said at a conference on Monday and, subsequently, to your Westminster correspondent Chris Blackhurst.
+Sir: Your front-page story ("Secrets of the MPs who help lobbyists," 3 October) is not a balanced account of what I said at a conference on Monday and, subsequently, to your Westminster correspondent [[Chris Blackhurst]].
 After the conference he asked me to amplify comments I had made about the House of Lords. It rapidly became clear that he meant the House of Commons, since his interest was in standing committees which deal with Bills. The committee stage for a Bill in the Lords is taken on the floor of the House, not in a standing committee.
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 Yours faithfully,
 [[Michael Burrell]]

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 In October 1995, while Burrell was managing director of [[Westminster Strategy]], part of Grayling ''The Independent'' newspaper reported Burrell revealing some of the industry's lobbying tactics:
-'''From "Secrets of the MPs who help lobbyists", The Independent, 03 October 2005:'''
+'''From "Secrets of the MPs who help lobbyists", The Independent, 03 October 1995:'''
 :Lobbyists are encouraging MPs to disguise their true beliefs in the House of Commons in order to get on to powerful standing committees which amend proposed legislation. Friendly MPs are urged to speak against the interests of lobbyists' clients to be chosen for the committees. Once on the committees the MPs are able to drop their opposition and argue in favour of clients, according to one of Westminster's leading lobbyists.

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−	Lobbyist Michael Burrell is former chairman of ~~lobbying shop~~ [[Grayling Political Strategy]]~~, now with~~ lobbying and PR firm [[Edelman]].	+	Lobbyist '''Michael Burrell''' is vice chairman of public affairs for [[APCO]]. He is former chairman of lobbyists [[Grayling Political Strategy]] and the former European vice-chairman of the lobbying and PR firm [[Edelman]] (2002-2011) <ref>David Singleton,[http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1078864/Lobbyist-Michael-Burrell-new-role-APCO-quitting-Edelman/ Lobbyist Michael Burrell new role at APCO after quitting Edelman], prweek.com, 06 July 2011, accessed 18 July 2011 </ref>

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−	'''	+	'''Burrell wrote a letter to ''The Independent'' in reply:'''
−	Burrell wrote a letter to ''The Independent'' in reply:'''

	Sir: Your front-page story ("Secrets of the MPs who help lobbyists," 3 October) is not a balanced account of what I said at a conference on Monday and, subsequently, to your Westminster correspondent Chris Blackhurst.		Sir: Your front-page story ("Secrets of the MPs who help lobbyists," 3 October) is not a balanced account of what I said at a conference on Monday and, subsequently, to your Westminster correspondent Chris Blackhurst.