Lobbying

Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when she expects to respond to the First Report of the Public Administration Select Committee, Session 2008-09, on Lobbying: access and influence in Whitehall, HC 36.

Angela E. Smith
I refer my hon. Friend to the evidence I gave to the Public Administration Select Committee on 2 July 2009. I expect to be in a position to respond before the summer recess.