Good afternoon.
Thank you for your presentation and for accepting our invitation.
In your annual report, you explain, “the office updated its guidance documents on how to mitigate conflicts of interest related to preferential access, political activities, and gifts”. The update of this guidance on the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct ensures that rules 6 and 10 of the former guidance, which concern conflicts of interest and gifts, respectively, have been replaced by rules 7 and 10 of the new guidance, which concern preferential access, political activities, and gifts.
Could you explain the reasoning behind these changes?
More generally, how do you see the coexistence of rules on lobbying and rules to prevent conflicts of interest?