The Home Office is establishing a Foreign Influence Registration Scheme to increase transparency around foreign funding and lobbying activities that could affect UK politics and national security. The scheme requires registration of individuals and entities receiving foreign funding for political influence activities, with enhanced scrutiny for high-risk jurisdictions including China. The Lobbyists (Registration of Code of Conduct) Bill provides the legislative framework, addressing concerns raised by parliamentary committees about electoral resilience and overseas political donations.
Factsheets giving details of the different measures contained in the National Security Bill.
In response to: Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: draft guidance
In response to: Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: draft guidance
In response to: Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: draft guidance
In response to: Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: draft guidance
We are consulting on draft guidance on the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) and issues which will affect FIRS regulations.
We are consulting on draft guidance on the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) and issues which will affect FIRS regulations.
We are consulting on draft guidance on the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) and issues which will affect FIRS regulations.
In response to: National Security Bill: overarching documents
These documents relate to the National Security Bill 2022.
Read the government's response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) report: 'Legislative Scrutiny: National Security Bill’.
In response to: Legislation to counter state threats
In response to: Legislation to counter state threats
We are consulting on changes to the legislation surrounding countering state threats.
We are consulting on changes to the legislation surrounding countering state threats.
We are consulting on changes to the legislation surrounding countering state threats.
A Bill to establish a public register of organisations and individuals that carry out lobbying of Parliament, the Government and local authorities for financial gain; to introduce a code of conduct fo
Second Reading 09:34:00 Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab): I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I would like to begin by thanking the Clerks for their assistance in drafting the Bill. I …