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Spinwatch reports<ref>David Miller [http://www.spinwatch.org/content/view/4838/29/ Open Stormont? Lobbying Transparency for Northern Ireland]]  Edit Blogs - David Miller - Unspun, 21 April 2008</ref>:
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Belfast-based lobbying firm with lots of clients in the health sector.  
  
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:lobbyist Will Chambre also spoke. Representing the [[Northern Ireland Government Affairs Group]], the lobbyists lobby group, Chambre was there to argue against transparency in defence of the lobbying industry.  He seemed a little nervous and somewhat hesitant making his case – subverting the traditional image of the lobbyist as smooth talking salesman.  Chambre undermined his case further his nerve wracked delivery of the message that it was the ‘quality of the message’ and not the ‘size of the back hander’ which was important in lobbying. Chambre learned his lobbying at the knee of one of the key fixers of the Westminster lobby scene – [[Douglas Smith]] the conservative party member who runs All Party Parliamentary Groups and a string of lobby firms.
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==Clients==
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Lobbying clients listed in 2008 include:<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk APPC register, to December 2008]</ref><br>
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[[General Medical Council]] | [[Enterprise Northern Ireland]] | [[Bryson Charitable Group]] | [[Bryson Social Services]] | [[Northern Ireland Energy Agency]] | [[Health Foundation]] | [[Shingles Support Society]] | [[Sanofi Pasteur MSD]] | [[Lilly UK]] | [[Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry]] | [[Ulster Cancer Foundation]] | [[Royal British Legion]] | [[NESTA]] | [[Boehringer Ingelheim]] | [[Freight Transport Association]] | [[British Dental Association]] | [[Skills for Logistics]] | [[Baglady Productions]] | [[ASDA]] | [[Consumer Focus Post]]
  
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:Chambre Public Affairs do disclose their clients in the register of the [[APPC]].  But they don’t disclose how much they are paid by [[GlaxoSmithKline]] for example.  Nor do they tell us the techniques they use.  Do they for example use the third party technique in which respectable sounding organisations – such as patient groups for example – are used as a ventriloquists dummies to mouth the policy positions preferred by the corporation that funds them?
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Chambre therefore works for a number of big pharmaceutical clients, as well as patient groups, although it doesn't disclose which pharma companies fund these patient groups. The relationships between these charities and the pharmaceutical companies is not clear:
  
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:Or do they get involved in setting up fake front groups with names suggesting a disinterested approach such as institute of this or foundation for that?  We simply don’t know that answer to either question but it is noticeable that along with the big pharma clients Chambre also works for a number of patient groups. Chambre do not disclose which pharma companies fund their patient group clients. According to company disclosures though, we can tell that Chambre works for:  
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:*Both [[Sanofi Pasteur MSD]]<ref>[http://www.spmsd.co.uk/doc.asp?catid=380&docid=705 Sanofi Pasteur website]</ref> and [[GlaxoSmithkline]]<ref>[http://www.gsk.com/responsibility/cr_issues/patient-groups/uk-patient-organisations.htm GSK website]</ref> fund the [[British Heart Foundation]] and the cervical cancer charity [[Jo’s Trust]] both clients of Chambre. Client [[Boehringer Ingelheim]] also fund the [[British Heart Foundation]].
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:*[[Lilly]] fund [[Rethink]], which describes itself as the leading national mental health membership charity, and which is also a client of Chambre<ref>[http://www.lilly.co.uk/Nitro/newTemplates/general/Content_IT_LBCT.jsp?page=1471 Lilly's website]</ref>
  
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:*[[Sanofi Pasteur MSD]] who also fund the [[British Heart Foundation]] and [[Jo’s Trust]] both clients of Chambre<ref>http://www.spmsd.co.uk/doc.asp?catid=380&docid=705</ref>
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Chambre also works for the [[Northern Health & Social Services Board]], which is responsible for both health and social care in the north of Northern Ireland. This leads to potential conflict of interest as both the patient groups and the pharma companies which pay Chambre have a vested interest in influencing the behaviour of the Board in relation to, say, Autism or mental health, both areas where Chambre clients have interests.
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:*[[Lilly]] who also fund [[Rethink]] also a client of Chambre<ref>http://www.lilly.co.uk/Nitro/newTemplates/general/Content_IT_LBCT.jsp?page=1471</ref>
 
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:*[[GlaxoSmithkline]] who fund the [[British Heart Foundation]] and [[Jo’s Trust]] both also clients<ref>http://www.gsk.com/responsibility/cr_issues/patient-groups/uk-patient-organisations.htm</ref>
 
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:*[[Boehringer Ingelheim]] who fund the [[British Heart Foundation]] also a client.
 
  
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:We have no means of knowing what the relationship is here – another reason why transparency is necessary. There is a further point which is that Chambre also work for [[Northern Health & Social Services Board]] which is responsible for both health and social care in the north of Northern Ireland. This leads to potential conflict of interest as both the patient groups and the pharma companies which pay Chambre have a vested interest in influencing the behaviour of the Board in relation to say Autism or mental health, both areas where Chambre clients have interests.
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==People==
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*[[Will Chambre]]. Chambre has represented the [[Northern Ireland Government Affairs Group]], the trade association for lobbyists in Northern Ireland. At a fringe meeting in April 2008 on [[lobbying transparency]] at the 2008 annual delegate meeting of the National Union of Journalists, Chambre argued against transparency and in defence of the lobbying industry. SpinWatch reports:<ref>David Miller [http://www.spinwatch.org.uk/blogs-mainmenu-29/david-miller-unspun-mainmenu-31/4838-open-stormont-lobbying-transparency-for-northern-ireland Open Stormont? Lobbying Transparency for Northern Ireland]], David Miller - Unspun, 21 April 2008</ref>: "Chambre learned his lobbying at the knee of one of the key fixers of the Westminster lobby scene – [[Douglas Smith]] the [[Conservative Party]] member who runs various [[All Party Parliamentary Groups]] and a string of lobby firms.
  
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*[[Will Chambre]]
 
 
*[[Neil Johnston]]  
 
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*[[Terry McErlane]]
 
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Revision as of 22:56, 11 January 2009

Belfast-based lobbying firm with lots of clients in the health sector.

Clients

Lobbying clients listed in 2008 include:[1]
General Medical Council | Enterprise Northern Ireland | Bryson Charitable Group | Bryson Social Services | Northern Ireland Energy Agency | Health Foundation | Shingles Support Society | Sanofi Pasteur MSD | Lilly UK | Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry | Ulster Cancer Foundation | Royal British Legion | NESTA | Boehringer Ingelheim | Freight Transport Association | British Dental Association | Skills for Logistics | Baglady Productions | ASDA | Consumer Focus Post

Chambre therefore works for a number of big pharmaceutical clients, as well as patient groups, although it doesn't disclose which pharma companies fund these patient groups. The relationships between these charities and the pharmaceutical companies is not clear:

Chambre also works for the Northern Health & Social Services Board, which is responsible for both health and social care in the north of Northern Ireland. This leads to potential conflict of interest as both the patient groups and the pharma companies which pay Chambre have a vested interest in influencing the behaviour of the Board in relation to, say, Autism or mental health, both areas where Chambre clients have interests.

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References

  1. ↑ APPC register, to December 2008
  2. ↑ Sanofi Pasteur website
  3. ↑ GSK website
  4. ↑ Lilly's website
  5. ↑ David Miller Open Stormont? Lobbying Transparency for Northern Ireland], David Miller - Unspun, 21 April 2008
  6. ↑ http://www.nicci.co.uk/members-directory?r=All&
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