It will be worth clarifying this so that we understand each other. You may forget my name, but surely you will understand what I am trying to say. This is a probing amendment, so we do not expect that the wording will necessarily be accepted. However, if it is possible for someone simply to record themselves as a lobbyist on the register and give only their private address, the information that should be available—which business they are acting for—will be missing. One would hope that they would put in their business address, but if the current phrasing is adopted that will be a loophole. We are simply asking the Minister if he will take this away.
Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 5 November 2013.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill.
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