The Survey Association: Political Monitoring 2012

THE SURVEY ASSOCIATION: POLITICAL MONITORING 2012

Delivery of monitoring

MHP Communications will supply TSA with a monthly monitoring report at the end of each month, and will also flag-up key announcements or publications by phone or email as they happen.

Where appropriate, MHP will make recommendations as to action that TSA or its members may want to take in response, or in advance of parliamentary or political activity.

Structured summary of monitoring interests

 The surveying industry

 Business support o Bank lending o Government financial support o Other measures o Trade and export issues o SME access to Government and public sector contracts o R&D

 Skills and training issues o Apprenticeships and funding o Wider skills agenda

 Regulation o The de-regulatory agenda o Workplace / employment regulation o Health and safety regulation: red tape and efficiencies

 Flooding o Flood surveying/mapping o Flood prevention o Flood risk assessments (e.g. for new construction/developments) o The insurance industry and flooding o Government spending on flood prevention o Passage of the Flood and Water Management Bill o Mapping o EA Geomatics o Topographic issues

 The Environment Agency o Activity o Budget o Commercial work

 Rural Payments Agency in relation to mapping / surveying  Survey procurement for infrastructure projects

 Infrastructure/construction o Housing market developments o House building and planning o Capital spending o Localism Agenda o Nuclear generation o Sustainable development o Low carbon power

Monitoring sources

Our monitoring covers the following:

 All parliamentary sources  All Government Departments  Government Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies  Press releases from political parties and individual MPs  Devolved Governments and parliaments  The Central Office of Information  Other stakeholder organisations  Informal ‘intelligence’

Non-Departmental Public Bodies and other Agencies  Environment Agency  Natural England  Ordnance Survey  The Highways Agency  Land Registry  Rural Payments Agency  UKTI

Government Departments  DEFRA  BIS  HM Treasury  DCLG

Political stakeholders  Labour Party  Conservatives  Liberal Democrats  SNP

Others  Network Rail  English Heritage

MHP Communications February 2012