Debate: Lobbying and access and influence in Whitehall
8 January 2010 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Dr Tony Wright MP, Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee, opened a debate in Westminister Hall on the Committee's report on lobbying and access and influence in Whitehall, and the Government's response. Angela Smith, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, responded to the debate
- Video and Audio: Lobbying (Whitehall)
- Commons Hansard: Lobbying (Whitehall)
- Report: Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall (January 2009)
- Government response: Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall
- Report: Lobbying: Developments since the Committee's First Report (December 2009)
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