Question reference: S6W-01647
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 20 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by George Adam on 4 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, what its response is to reports that hundreds of meetings between lobbyists and ministers were not captured by the lobbying register; for what reason any such meetings were not captured by the register, and what its position is on whether changes to the register are required.
Answer
The recording of information on the lobbying register is a matter for regulated lobbyists in line with the requirements of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016.
All Ministerial engagements are proactively published by the Scottish Government and are available at the Gov.scot website .
Any changes to the lobbying register would be a matter for the Scottish Parliament to consider in the first instance.