Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Christopher Irwin
EU Transparency Register
89478981404-95 First registered on 20 Mar 2009
Goals / Remit
Transport policy analysis & Promotion of the interests of users and potential users of public (collective) transport.
Main EU files targeted
DG MOVE policy initiatives; DG Research & Innovation activity in relation especially to transport aspects of Horizon 2020; Shift2Rail
Address
Head Office
Bourton House, Bourton Road,
Bourton
Devizes SN10 2LQ
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants
Subcategory
Self-employed consultants
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Networking
Affiliation
Representative of Transport Focus and of TravelWatch SouthWest CIC in, and ad hoc spokesperson for, the European Passengers' Federation, a network of more than 30 public transport users' organisations currently drawn from over twenty European states. Member of Management Board.
European Policy Adviser to Transport Focus, the statutory independent transport users' watchdog in Great Britain, focused on getting the best deal for passengers and for users of the strategic road network.
Chair of TravelWatch SouthWest, a community interest company that promotes the interests of public transport users in the South West of England.
Member of the European Rail Research Advisory Council. Expert adviser, UN ECE. Co-chair, Sector Mirror Group, Platform - International Passenger Rail NetworkMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
Other financial info
Reimbursement of certain specific and actual travel and subsistence expenses received from EU institutions, notably in relation to speaking engagements.
Declared lobby clients
Client Name Amount European Passengers' Federation 0€ - 9,999€ Transport Focus 10,000€ - 24,999€ -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Promotion of passengers' rights in all modes of public transport and championing the case for putting users at the heart of transport policy making.
Contribution to work of ERRAC on research and innovation strategy and member of ERRAC steering group and to work of individual stakeholder organisations.
Meetings
Meetings
None declared