City Remembrancer

His traditional role is as the channel of communications between the Lord Mayor and the City of London on the one hand and the Sovereign, Royal Household and Parliament on the other.

[3]: 177 The Remembrancer's department at the City of London is broken into three distinct branches of work: parliamentary, ceremonial and private events.

The Remembrancer's department had a budget of £6 million in 2011, and employed six lawyers to scrutinise prospective legislation and give evidence to select committees.

[1] The Remembrancer's responsibilities include monitoring legislation introduced into Parliament, and reporting to the Corporation anything that is likely to influence the City of London's interests.

[4] The Remembrancer also offers briefings to MPs and submits evidence when select committees are investigating matters of interest to the corporation,[4] but does not have any special rights or privileges in this regard, having the same access as that of any other individual or body.

In one respect at least the Corporation acts as the superior body: it imposes on the House of Commons a figure called the remembrancer: an official lobbyist who sits behind the Speaker’s chair and ensures that, whatever our elected representatives might think, the City’s rights and privileges are protected.