Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill

My Lords, I know that the noble Lord put this amendment down in good faith. I can see the negativ...

My Lords, in a sentence, I oppose the amendment. The registrar is not an officer of Parliament. I...

My Lords, I recognise that this amendment, like some of those we were discussing in the previous ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reassuring response. I am also grateful to the n...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

65: Clause 4, page 3, line 5, leave out from “bu...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 65 I shall also speak to Amendments 67, 70, 71, 75, 76, 77 and 113,...

My Lords, my Amendment 115 is in this group. From my point of view, it is the core amendment in t...

My Lords, I support wholeheartedly the amendment spoken to by the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Lout...

My Lords, I support Amendment 115, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Norton. If the Government are n...

My Lords, I welcomed the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Tyler. The amendment of the noble Lord...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord—I am having a total blank.

Stevenson.

My apologies. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for making the comparison with the United S...

It will be worth clarifying this so that we understand each other. You may forget my name, but su...

I will certainly take it away, and I am very happy to do so.

An amendment in the name of th...

Does the Minister accept that, if the charge is going to be £650, some companies may well simply ...

I think that that is unlikely, but this is obviously something on which we should perhaps consult...

My noble friend is now talking about moderate transparency rather than transparency, so he is alr...

My Lords, as regards my noble friend’s reference to the Canadian system, the Government consider ...

I would like to clarify the following point. First, does the Minister accept that there would be ...

I apologise to the noble and learned Lord; I should have answered his question about the noble Lo...

I am sorry; the noble Lord has not answered my first question: namely, whether he sees any advant...

Let me take that away and speak to the noble and learned Lord further. I understand his concerns ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his very full coverage of the points, although it is ...

Moved by

Lord Campbell-Savours

72: Clause 4, page 3, line 31, at end insert—

“(...

My Lords, this amendment is about the use of the portcullis. This is an issue that concentrated t...

My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 73 but, before doing so, I wish to say that I fully endor...

My Lords, I want to reinforce the contributions that have been made on these two amendments, part...

My Lords, I will be very interested to see whether anyone reports the words of the noble Lord, Lo...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth, and support the amendment proposed b...

My Lords, I support this issue. If you are regulated by the Financial Services Authority you have...

My Lords, first I thank the noble Lord for initiating what has been an interesting debate. I enti...

My Lords, is the Minister saying that the House is in a position to enforce an arrangement whereb...

My understanding is that, if someone was wrongly using the emblem, following this statement, they...

I am sorry, but that does not answer my question. Can the authorities enforce the non-use of it? ...

I think it is important to get chapter and verse for the noble Lord and, indeed, for myself, beca...

My Lords, is the Minister telling me that I have the option of going to the Parliamentary Standar...

My understanding, as I have said and as is set out in the letter the noble Lord has received from...

The point is that my noble friend’s amendment would require that they could not do both—they coul...

The prudent thing to do is to reflect on what both noble Lords have said. I will come back to the...

That sounds good to me.

I do not want to delay the House. I think I heard the Minister say that he was going to consider ...

Moved by

Lord Campbell-Savours

88: Clause 6, page 4 , line 27, at end insert—

“...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 88, I will also speak to Amendment 90. The Bill as it stands sets o...

My Lords, Amendments 89, 103, 109 and 110 stand in my name. Amendment 89 is concerned with Clause...

I did not want to tie the Order Paper down with a very long amendment but if I had done more home...

I take the noble Lord’s point. I am not criticising his amendment; I am criticising the Bill. The...

My Lords, in supporting Amendments 88 and 90, which stand in the name of my noble friend Lord Cam...

Perhaps I may ask a question about the amendment. Is there some special significance to the word ...

I think that it is to cover breach of the code. The criminal term would not be appropriate for th...

My Lords, when considering the most appropriate sanctions in respect of non-compliance with the r...

Does the Minister accept that while I do not dispute that the registrar would be operating in goo...

My Lords, that seems unlikely, on the face of it, but I am very glad to go away and consult offic...

Before that happens, may I just be assured that I have understood that even if someone is convict...

The register is not intended to have sanctions on it, but let me take that away and come back. I ...

My Lords, I do not want to detain the House. We have now been talking about amendments for some f...