One of the most important things we do at NAT is to influence how the UK government, Parliament and the devolved administrations of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales respond to HIV.

We also influence local government, professional associations and other organisations whose work has an impact on people living with HIV.

One of the ways in which we do this is by sharing our latest thinking and views with governments through formal consultation processes. We often do this in conjuction with people living with HIV and other organisations to maximise impact.

This means that we have an opportunity to influence draft laws before they are put before the relevant parliaments and assemblies and to influence government policy as it is being developed.

This work can be complex, time-consuming and often commands little media attention, but over time it can achieve the most significant improvements for everybody in the UK living with - or at risk of infection with - HIV.

You can see what we are saying directly to governments, law-makers and other organisations by reading our consultation responses below:

• NAT's submission to the Editors' Code of Practice Committe 
• NAT's response to review of Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHEe) - December 2011
• NAT submits evidence to Working Pensions Committee on the proposal to replace DLA with PIP - September 2011
• Submission on the 'immigration reservation' to the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People - June 2011
• NAT response to the draft assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - June 2011
• NAT response to proposals to extend the age limit for the Shared Accommodation Rate of Housing Benefit - June 2011
• NAT reponse to House of Commons Public Bill Committee – Welfare Reform Bill March 2011
• SHOG response to Healthy Lives Healthy People, March 2011
• NAT response to Healthy Lives Healthy People, the consultation on the Public Health Reforms March 2011
• NAT response to the Public Health Outcomes Framework consultation March 2011
• NAT response to the consultation on funding and commissioning routes for public health, March 2011
• NAT submission to the House of Lords Enquiry into HIV in the UK, Feb 2011
• NAT response to the consultation on reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales, Feb 2011
• NAT response to the consultation on Disability Living Allowance reform, Feb 2011
• NAT response to the consultation: Transparency in Outcomes - a framework for adult social care, Feb 2011
• NAT response to the consultation on the Public Sector Equality Duty
• NAT response to the consultation on changes to the allocation formula for the AIDS Support Grant
• NAT response to the NHS White Paper consultation: Commissioning for Patients, October 2010
• NAT response to the NHS White Paper consultation: Local democratic legitimacy on health, October 2010
• NAT response to the NHS White Paper consultation: Transparency in outcomes - a framework for the NHS, October 2010
• NAT's submission to the independent (Harrington) review of the work capability assessment (WCA)
• NAT submission to Department of Health Review of Access to the NHS by Foreign Nationals (charging regulations) - June 2010
• NAT submission to the UKBA Consultation on Refusing Entry or Stay to NHS Debtors - June 2010
• NAT submission to Health Protection Regulations September 2009
• NAT response to GEO Directive consultation July 2009
• Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee on the Equality Bill Feb 2009
• Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee on pre-employment questionnaires Feb 2009
• No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility Oct 2008 
• House of Commons Health Committee inquiry into health inequalities Jan 2008
• Independent Asylum Commission call for evidence on the asylum process Nov 2007
• Mayor of London's strategy to support refugee integration Oct 2007
• Department for International Development consultation on its global HIV strategy Sept 2007
• Discrimination Law Review Sept 2007 
• Department of Health consultation on the review of public health law June 2007
• Department of Health Consultation on confidentiality of sexual health information Oct 2006