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PRWeek Press Release - Survey of Members July 2010
SURVEY OF MEMBERS, July 2010
In order to inform the APPC’s position, the Management Committee undertook a survey of members’ views.
Two-thirds of APPC member consultancies responded (39 out of 63) with the main results:
- 74.4% of respondents (29 members) agree or strongly agree with the statement that self-regulation for lobbyists is working in the UK.
- 74.4% of respondents (29 members) support a statutory register of lobbyists, but only if it includes all lobbyists, not just those in multi-client agencies.
- 64.1% of respondents (25 members) agree that a mandatory register of lobbying activity would work better than a voluntary register, but ONLY if it includes all lobbyists.
- 83.3% (30 members) think that the APPC should continue to work with other bodies – CIPR, PRCA and the UK Public Affairs Council to try to establish a single umbrella body to regulate the ethics and activities of lobbyists, rather than leave it to government to introduce some form of mandatory regulation.
ROLE OF APPC
At its annual strategy meeting held on 5 July 2010, the APPC Management Committee had a wide-ranging discussion on the role of the APPC. The outcome of that discussion was a decision to recommend to the membership that the APPC should take a more robust and proactive line in its communications, to include being the voice of the industry, defending the interests of members and the role of public affairs consultants. This recommendation was endorsed at the APPC Members’ Meeting on 19 July.
The resumption of a representative, as well as a self-regulatory, role is in response to a strong consensus amongst members that APPC should speak for the industry. This was possible in the changed operating environment and now that the APPC’s self-regulatory role was completely independent of APPC members
Further information:
Helen Johnson, Chair of the APPC
07771 975549