SCVO recently held an event for members with Billy McLaren, the new Lobbying Registrar at the Scottish,He expects to release guidance on the Lobbying (Scotland) Act in the spring and for the Lobbying Register,If you are a third sector organisation that will need to register (to find out if you are, check my blog,service managers, events staff to name just a few, might all undertake actions defined as ‘regulated lobbying
https://scvo.scot/p/14457/2017/02/20/lobbying-scotland-act-update-part-2
Back in March 2016, I wrote a blog on the new Lobbying (Scotland) Act, outlining how it will affect the,Firstly, check to see whether your organisation will be affected by the Act.,The rules regarding that have not changed, so check my original blog.,But, a Lobbying registrar has been appointed by the Scottish Parliament to oversee the new lobbying register,Or, if you prefer, contact me and I will help you out.
https://scvo.scot/p/14286/2017/01/11/lobbying-scotland-act-update
If you are coming to this new, read my earlier blog first to decide if you’re likely to need to register,In this blog, I look at exclusions (i.e. where you don't need to register), outline some possible lobbying,If that’s the only form your lobbying takes, you do not need to register – even if you are lobbying Ministers,If that’s the only form your lobbying takes, and you are not lobbying on behalf of someone else (a 'third,interject, but only to facilitate (saying, for example, "why don’t you tell the Minister what you said to me
https://scvo.scot/p/16129/2017/09/13/get-ready-for-scottish-lobbying
As we progress further and further with the Lobbying (Scotland) Act, I thought now would be a good time,You will though need to register any lobbying conversations you have with MSPs at political events such,But lobbying at parliamentary receptions will need registering.,are just the ones that spring to my mind – if you have any others that you’re not sure about, email me,By the way, if you haven’t already, it’s worth you reading my updated blog on the main points about whether
https://scvo.scot/p/15592/2017/06/15/what-isnt-covered-by-the-lobbying-act
The implementation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act is continuing, with the Scottish Parliament drafting,Do you have any unanswered questions in relation to registering lobbying activity that is carried out,Before you contact us, please take a look at my previous blogs on the Lobbying Act, particularly this,need to register that particular activity or not, please tell me (the answers to the questions posed,aspects of the Act that you are confused about and think would benefit from clear guidance, please let me
https://scvo.scot/p/15440/2017/05/31/lobbying-scotland-act-tell-me-what-you-need-to-know
Since then we have had the regressive UK Lobbying and Third Party Campaigning Bill enacted.,I have also had senior UK ministers complain to me about how lenient Scotland's charity regulation is,Just as I was hitting publish on this blog, the news broke that it's proposing that charities report,Bill?,This includes campaigning against (or for) government policy that affects the people or issues they support
https://scvo.scot/p/4948/2014/06/17/government-must-stop-trying-to-gag-charities
