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Due to de Peyer and Carroll's previous positions, Tendo had to be approved by the [[Advisory Committee on Business Appointments]]. Both men were given the advice that they were not to 'draw on privileged information available to [them] as a crown servant', 'for two years from his last day of service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of his new company or its clients' and 'for two years from his last day of service he must seek confirmation from the committee directly that each individual commission is permissible under the terms of his consultancy before taking it up.<ref> Gov.UK [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443040/Letter_to_Department_-de_Peyer-HMT_Fin__2___2___2_.pdf Business Appointments Application: Mr William de Peyer] 15 June 2015, accessed 21 July 2015.</ref> <ref> Gov.UK [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443042/Letter_to_Department_-Carroll_-HMT__final__5_.pdf Business Appointments Application: Mr Peter Carroll], 15 June 2015, accessed 21 July 2015.</ref> | Due to de Peyer and Carroll's previous positions, Tendo had to be approved by the [[Advisory Committee on Business Appointments]]. Both men were given the advice that they were not to 'draw on privileged information available to [them] as a crown servant', 'for two years from his last day of service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of his new company or its clients' and 'for two years from his last day of service he must seek confirmation from the committee directly that each individual commission is permissible under the terms of his consultancy before taking it up.<ref> Gov.UK [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443040/Letter_to_Department_-de_Peyer-HMT_Fin__2___2___2_.pdf Business Appointments Application: Mr William de Peyer] 15 June 2015, accessed 21 July 2015.</ref> <ref> Gov.UK [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443042/Letter_to_Department_-Carroll_-HMT__final__5_.pdf Business Appointments Application: Mr Peter Carroll], 15 June 2015, accessed 21 July 2015.</ref> | ||
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| + | Mr Carroll also sought permission from [[ACOBA]] to accept a commission with the [[Road Haulage Association]]. Given that he did not intend to lobby government or civil servants directly and and that [[HM Treasury]] did not consider there to be a conflict of interest, the Committee saw fit to approve the application, and Carroll took on the appointment in June 2015.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carroll-peter-special-adviser-hm-treasury-acoba-recommendation/summary-of-business-appointments-applications-peter-carroll Summary of Business Appointments Applications - Peter Carroll]Gov.UK, 8 July 2015, accessed 23 September 2015</ref> | ||
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Peter Carroll is the founder of lobbyists Tendo Consulting, Fair Fuel UK and a former special adviser to Danny Alexander.
Carroll is a former special adviser to Kent Police & Crime Commissioner Ann Barnes.
He was the Liberal Democrats parliamentary candidate for Folkestone & Hythe, Maidstone from 1999-2010. [1]
Background
Carroll has led many campaigns on wide-ranging issues across the political, private and public sectors. His highest profile work was The Gurkha Justice Campaign.[1]
Carroll co-founded the www.fairfueluk.com campaign, which was 'widely credited with influencing the Government to abandon several successive rises in fuel duty'.
He was also campaign manager for the independent candidate for Kent Police & Crime Commissioner Ann Barnes, who won with a landslide in the November 2012 election. He was special adviser to Barnes from Nov 2012 through to Nov 2013. [1]
Previous roles also include founder of Peter Carroll Associates, Director and Part Owner of Astran Cargo Services Limited, International Freight Forwarder.
Carroll was guest speaker at the 'Confessions of a SPAD' talk in February 2014. At the talk he provided an insight into his last few months working in Westminster and details regarding his role as a special adviser. [2]
In 2013 he entered Parliament when he was appointed special adviser to chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander.[3] Carroll left this role after the 2015 general election which led to Alexander losing his seat and the Lib Dems no longer being in government. For his role as special adviser to Alexander, Carroll was paid an annual salary of £75,000. [4]
Move to lobbying
After the 2015 general election, Carroll and other former spad to Danny Alexander, Will de Peyer, founded Tendo Consulting. Tendo are a lobbying firm who advise 'big businesses on improving their contacts within the Westminster bubble'.[5]
Due to de Peyer and Carroll's previous positions, Tendo had to be approved by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. Both men were given the advice that they were not to 'draw on privileged information available to [them] as a crown servant', 'for two years from his last day of service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of his new company or its clients' and 'for two years from his last day of service he must seek confirmation from the committee directly that each individual commission is permissible under the terms of his consultancy before taking it up.[6] [7]
Mr Carroll also sought permission from ACOBA to accept a commission with the Road Haulage Association. Given that he did not intend to lobby government or civil servants directly and and that HM Treasury did not consider there to be a conflict of interest, the Committee saw fit to approve the application, and Carroll took on the appointment in June 2015.[8]
Education
Carroll studied Physics & Electronics at the University of Manchester.[1]
Contact
- Twitter Peter Carroll
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Peter Carroll LinkedIn profile, accessed 19 September 2014.
- ↑ Shepwaylibdems Confessions of a SPAD: A Hot Potato Evening for Shepway Lib Dems, accessed 28 October 2014
- ↑ Laura Hailstone FairFuelUK’s Peter Carroll moves on to Treasury, Commercial Motor, 11, November, 2013, accessed 19 September 2014.
- ↑ Gov.UK Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014, accessed 29 April 2015.
- ↑ Mark Leftly Ousted Lib Dem special advisers Peter Carroll and Will de Peyer turn to lobbying Independent, 13 July 2015, accessed 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Gov.UK Business Appointments Application: Mr William de Peyer 15 June 2015, accessed 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Gov.UK Business Appointments Application: Mr Peter Carroll, 15 June 2015, accessed 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Summary of Business Appointments Applications - Peter CarrollGov.UK, 8 July 2015, accessed 23 September 2015
