Alasdair McDonnell
Shadow SDLP Chief Whip, Shadow SDLP Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport), Shadow SDLP Spokesperson (Business, Innoviation and Skills), Shadow SDLP Spokesperson (Health), Leader of the Social Democratic & Labour Party
To ask the Leader of the House
(1) what discussions he has held with Ministers of the Northern Ireland Executive on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill;
(2) how many meetings he has held with representatives of (a) FTSE 100 companies, (b) charities, (c) non-governmental organisations and (d) trades unions on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non- Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill.
Andrew Lansley
The Leader of the House of Commons
Officials in the Cabinet Office have worked closely with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Office prior to introduction of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill. The Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, my hon. Friend Miss Smith, subsequently wrote to the Northern Ireland Executive after introduction of the Bill.
Details of my meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis and can be accessed on GOV.UK at
Information for the period April-June 2013 will be published shortly.
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