The UK Public Affairs Council (UKPAC) was a
United Kingdom organisation enabling self-regulation of individuals engaged in
UK lobbying activities.
The UKPAC was established in 2010 by the
Association of Professional Political Consultants, the
Public Relations Consultants Association and the
Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), and held its first meeting in July 2010, chaired by
Elizabeth France
Elizabeth Irene France (' Leicester; born 1 February 1950) is the former chair of the Office for Legal Complaints. She was appointed in February 2009 and was chair until 2014 when Steve Green became the Chair. From 1994 to 2002 she was the Data P ...
.
However, the PRCA resigned from the UKPAC less than 18 months later, in December 2011.
The UKPAC maintained a register of individual lobbyists, first published on 1 March 2011,
though the initial completeness and accuracy of the web-based register was much criticised,
and was a factor in the PRCA's resignation.
The
Alliance for Lobbying Transparency also criticised the register, saying an estimated 85-90% of lobbyists were shunning it,
and highlighting criticisms by
Austin Mitchell MP and others.
After the creation of a statutory registrar of consultant lobbyists (a provision of the
Lobbying Act) in early 2015, the UKPAC closed in June 2015 and handed responsibility for its register of lobbyists to the CIPR.
A 'UK Lobbying Register' was subsequently launched by the CIPR.
References
External links
UK Lobbying Register
Lobbying organisations in the United Kingdom
2010 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 2010
Lobbying in the United Kingdom
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