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===Public Affairs Partners=== | ===Public Affairs Partners=== | ||
*[[Jonathan Bracken]] | [[Matthew Davies]] | [[Stuart Thomson]]<ref name="Lobby"/> | *[[Jonathan Bracken]] | [[Matthew Davies]] | [[Stuart Thomson]]<ref name="Lobby"/> | ||
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| + | 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: | ||
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| + | :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> | ||
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==Affilations== | ==Affilations== | ||
[[Hansard Society]], corporate supporter between 2003 ad 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> | [[Hansard Society]], corporate supporter between 2003 ad 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> | ||
| + | ==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== | ==Contact== | ||
Revision as of 16:14, 20 October 2010
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This article is part of the Lobbying Portal, a sunlight project from Spinwatch. |
Bircham Dyson Bell LLP describe themselves as a firm of 'solicitors and parliamentary agents'.[1] 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.[1]
Contents
People
Public Affairs Partners
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.[2]
Affilations
Hansard Society, corporate supporter between 2003 ad 2010 at least.[3][4][5][6]
Resources
- Bircham Dyson Bell 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
- Website: http://www.bdb-law.co.uk
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bircham Dyson Bell Public affairs, Accessed 20 October 2010
- ↑ Bircham Dyson Bell 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.
- ↑ Hansard Society Hansard Society Corporate Supporters Programme, accessed 20 October 2010
- ↑ Hansard Society Hansard Society Corporate Supporters Programme, Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 10 April 2008, Accessed 20 October 2010
- ↑ Hansard Society Corporate Supporters, Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 6 February 2007, Accessed 20 October 2010
- ↑ Hansard Society Corporate Supporters, Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 27 December 2003, Accessed 20 October 2010
