In support of work by the Lobbying Register Team to prepare guidance on the operation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016, a Working Group was established. The Group concluded its work in December 2017.
Terms of Reference and Person Specification
Please find below:
Working Group Meetings
The Lobbying Register Working Group met most months until the end of 2017.
Read the Minutes of the 1st meeting - 6 June 2017 (32KB pdf)
Read the Minutes of the 2nd meeting - 23 June 2017 (108KB pdf)
Read the Minutes of the 3rd meeting - 29 August 2017 (71KB pdf)
Read the Minutes of the 4th meeting - 3 October 2017 (89KB pdf)
Read the Minutes of the 5th meeting - 7 November 2017 (116KB pdf)
Read the Minutes of the 6th meeting - 5 December 2017 (199KB pdf)
Working Group Members
The table below shows the membership of the Lobbying Register Working Group.
| Position 1 (Third Sector - Membership Body) |
Jenny Bloomfield (SCVO) |
| Position 2 (Third Sector - Small Organisation) |
Gary Dunion (Friends of the Earth Scotland) |
| Position 3 (Third Sector - Medium or Large Organisation) |
Susan Lowes (Marie Curie) |
| Position 4 (Public Affairs - Membership Organisation) |
Phil Morgan (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) |
| Position 5 (Public Affairs - Small Company) |
Margaret Smith (Caledonia Public Affairs) |
| Position 6 (Public Affairs - Medium or Large Company) |
Matthew Revett (Grayling) |
| Position 7 (Business/Enterprise - Membership Organisation) |
Colin Borland (Federation of Small Businesses) |
| Position 8 (Business.Enterprise - Small Enterprise) |
Kirsty Peebles (Newsdirect and Biblichor Ltd.) |
| Position 9 (Business/Enterprise - Medium or Large Enterprise) |
Michelle Cullis (Scottish Power) |
| Position 10 (Transparency Promoter) |
Will Dinan (Stirling University) |
| Position 11 (Journalism) |
Mandy Rhodes (Holyrood Magazine) |
| Position 12 (Legal Sector) |
Brian Simpson (Law Society of Scotland) |