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| − | + | [[Bayer]] Healthcare/[[Bayer Schering Pharma]] | [[Celgene]] | [[Circle Anglia]] | [[CDFA]] - [[Community Development Finance Institutions]] | [[CRFP]] - [[Council For The Registration Of Forensic Practitioners]] | [[Foundations]] | [[Genzyme]] | [[Harrahs]] | [[ITM]] | [[Lifeblood]] - the thrombosis charity | [[Local Government Information Unit]] | [[Lloyds Pharmacy]] | [[National Autistic Society]] | [[National Literacy Trust]] | [[N.O.W.]] | [[National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society]] | [[Payplan]] | [[Pulmonary Hypertension Association]] | [[Rentokil]] Initial | [[Sanofi-Aventis]] | [[Skills for Care]] | [[St Mungo's]] | [[Total Politics]] | [[Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation]]<ref>[http://www.insightpa.com/clients.html Clients], IPA website, accessed 20 Nov 2009</ref> | |
==People== | ==People== | ||
Revision as of 11:12, 19 October 2014
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This article is part of the Lobbying Portal, a sunlight project from Spinwatch. |
According to the UK Register of All-Party Groups, the PR and lobbying firm Insight Public Affairs is employed by pharmaceutical firms Sanofi-Aventis, Bayer Schering Pharma and Boehringer Ingelheim to provide administrative assistance (organising meetings, sending invitations).[1]
Insight Public Affairs also works with the National Literacy Trust (NLT) and the Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals (CILIP).[2]
An article in The Times (London) of 25 September 2009 notes:
- Insight Public Affairs, which is still dominated by former Labour staff members and has not yet recruited a Tory candidate, has issued a flattering guide to likely stars of the 2010 intake of MPs, with advice on how to lobby them. "So many new MPs," wrote an account executive, Mark Wheeler, "so many lobby interests, so little time."[3]
Contents
Views on lobbying transparency
Following extensive evidence gathering in 2008, the House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee published their report and recommendations on Lobbying in early January 2009. The Committee's report recommended the mandatory register of lobbyists.
In a January 2009 interview about lobbying of members of the House of Lords on BBC Radio 5 Live, Insight's accounts director Chris West seemed to agree with the Committee. He emphasised the importance of "being really open", adding, "All we're looking for is transparency in lobbying."[4]
But in a contradiction of this view, Insight's James Tyrrell criticised the Committee's recommendation that all communications between lobbyists and policy makers should be reported. He said:
- The recommendation for all agencies to publish their client list is to be welcomed. But the principal weakness of the report is the proposal - under compulsory regulation - to report all communication between the policymaker and the lobbyist. There remains an inherent difficulty in defining a lobbyist - a fact that risks undermining the committee’s objectives. If we include every group or individual and require them to register every meeting with an MP or civil servant, it will at best be burdensome and at worst a mechanism for disenfranchisement for those least able to meet exacting standards. The public affairs industry needs to uphold exceptional ethics - but discouraging political engagement is not the way to do it.[5]
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Insight works with:
- the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Libraries, Literacy and Information Management[6]
- the All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group[7]
Clients
June 2014-August 2014
Alcon | All-Party Group on Atrial Fibrillation | All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group | Anti-Coagulation Europe | Atrial Fibrillation Association | Betfair | Bluebird Care | Bristol-Myers Squibb | British Parking Association | Camden Town Unlimited | General Dental Council | Janssen | Lifeblood: The Thrombosis Charity | Melanoma UK | Novartis | Outdoor Media Centre | Payplan | Pfizer | Public Fundraising Regulatory Association | PwC UK | Sandoz | Teva UK Ltd | UCB Pharma Ltd | UK Clinical Pharmacy Association[8]
November 2009
Bayer Healthcare/Bayer Schering Pharma | Celgene | Circle Anglia | CDFA - Community Development Finance Institutions | CRFP - Council For The Registration Of Forensic Practitioners | Foundations | Genzyme | Harrahs | ITM | Lifeblood - the thrombosis charity | Local Government Information Unit | Lloyds Pharmacy | National Autistic Society | National Literacy Trust | N.O.W. | National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society | Payplan | Pulmonary Hypertension Association | Rentokil Initial | Sanofi-Aventis | Skills for Care | St Mungo's | Total Politics | Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation[9]
People
As at November 2009:[10]
- John Lehal - managing director
- James Tyrrell - associate director
- Chris West - accounts director
More details on staff: see Insight Public Affairs, APPC Register Entry for 1 June 2009 to 31 August 2009
June 2014-August 2014
William Black | Daniel Cambers | Fred Cotterill | Rob Fuller | Neil Gadhok | Elizabeth Gutfreund-Walmsley | Sarah Jones | Richard Kelly | Laura Kennedy | James Le Grice | John Lehal | Ed McRandal | Laura Newby | Victoria Parker | Louise Phillips | James Rothwell | Vibha Sharma | Katie Thurston | James Tyrrell | Lewis van Diggele | Ben Wheatley[8]
Resources
Insight Public Affairs, APPC Register Entry for 1 June 2009 to 31 August 2009
Notes
- ↑ Register of All-Party Groups, UK Parliament website, accessed 20 Nov 2009
- ↑ Register of All-Party Groups, UK Parliament website, accessed 20 Nov 2009
- ↑ Tom Baldwin and Alice Fishburn, "Movers and shakers who are working to become your MP; Tom Baldwin and Alice Fishburn on a blurring of the fine line between business and politics", The Times, Sept 25 2009
- ↑ Chris West, interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live, Jan 2009, archived at By Us, IPA website, accessed 20 Nov 2009
- ↑ James Tyrrell, quoted in Inside: News from Insight's Political and Media Consultants, March 2009
- ↑ Register of All-Party Groups, UK Parliament website, accessed 20 Nov 2009
- ↑ Register of All-Party Groups, UK Parliament website, accessed 20 Nov 2009
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014 APPC, accessed 19 October 2014
- ↑ Clients, IPA website, accessed 20 Nov 2009
- ↑ Inside: News from Insight’s Political and Media Consultants March 2009
