<p> THE SURVEY ASSOCIATION: POLITICAL MONITORING 2012</p><p>Delivery of monitoring </p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p><p>Structured summary of monitoring interests </p><p> The surveying industry</p><p> 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 </p><p> Skills and training issues o Apprenticeships and funding o Wider skills agenda </p><p> Regulation o The de-regulatory agenda o Workplace / employment regulation o Health and safety regulation: red tape and efficiencies</p><p> 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</p><p> The Environment Agency o Activity o Budget o Commercial work</p><p> Rural Payments Agency in relation to mapping / surveying  Survey procurement for infrastructure projects</p><p> 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</p><p>Monitoring sources </p><p>Our monitoring covers the following:</p><p> 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’</p><p>Non-Departmental Public Bodies and other Agencies  Environment Agency  Natural England  Ordnance Survey  The Highways Agency  Land Registry  Rural Payments Agency  UKTI</p><p>Government Departments  DEFRA  BIS  HM Treasury  DCLG</p><p>Political stakeholders  Labour Party  Conservatives  Liberal Democrats  SNP</p><p>Others  Network Rail  English Heritage</p><p>MHP Communications February 2012</p>