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

May I assist the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries? We allow some latitude, of course, ...

I thank the noble Baroness very much.

Before I focus on the first amendment in this group, ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Gardiner of Kimble, for the unfailing courtesy in...

Before the noble and learned Lord sits down, can he emphasise that the cost of production include...

Given that the definition I have quoted refers to “production of material”, I assume that that ma...

My Lords, I very much hope that the comments made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris, wil...

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group. In preparing my notes, I had intended to say preci...

My Lords, my name is added to Amendments 34 and 40 in this group, which I support. To my mind, Cl...

My Lords, I support Amendment 35 in the names of my friend the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morri...

My Lords, first, I thank the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, for welcoming the amend...

My Lords, I join the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, in thanking the Government for ...

My Lords, first, I thank those who have contributed to this debate, in particular those who have ...

Surely the Minister accepts that if an organisation—say, the NSPCC—requires a leaflet to be put o...

My Lords, as I have indicated, we thought that the amendment that the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, ha...

I thank the noble and learned Lord. It is obvious to me that, in accordance with the definition o...

My Lords, I do not think that there is really all that much between our position and what has bee...

I am encouraged by that. I hope that, if I do not press my amendment, we will return to the matte...

That is indeed what I had in mind. Time may be short, but I think that we can have some useful en...

I have thought of a question while the Minister has been speaking, which is not in any way divers...

My Lords, I always know it to be dangerous when the noble Lord stands up and says he has been thi...

I thank all noble Lords who spoke in favour of my amendments and the other amendments to which my...

The noble and right reverend Lord indicated, when referring to what my noble friend Lord Horam ha...

I accept that there are certainly implications for what might happen at local level. However, I a...

Tabled by

Lord Morris of Aberavon

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My Lords, I welcome the promise of a discussion with Ministers before Third Reading and if a sati...

Moved by

Lord Phillips of Sudbury

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My Lords, first, I should like to say how good it is to see the other Lord Wallace—my noble frien...

I am grateful to my noble friend because I shared his confusion about that missive last night. I ...

I am grateful for that. My noble friend is lucky in having had a letter. When I finished the conv...

I am fortunate enough to have the original letter before me. I wonder what the noble Lord makes o...

My Lords, the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, is actually addressing a different iss...

I was minded to vote for the amendment, but, having read the letter twice now, does the noble Lor...

No.

My Lords, that is, on the face of it, a compelling argument. However, I am trying to put it to th...

Which it has not done.

Which, of course, it has not done. I suspect the reason is that when the person I was speaking to...

I am very grateful. Of course, I was also minded to support my noble friend. However, time is at ...

My Lords, I am in a cleft stick; I have indeed got 15 minutes on the Clock, but my noble friend w...

Not only the Charity Commission opposes this amendment; the Electoral Commission does, too. Also,...

I certainly will. I am grateful for that point, because I was going to say that a review of this ...

It is a government amendment.

It is now a government amendment, so we are going to get it—and that is vital because we will lea...

My Lords, I am extremely well aware that the Charity Commission has given us a document to say th...

Before the noble and learned Lord sits down, I have a question about the e-mail from the Charity ...

The reason that that is a difficulty is because it cannot be relied upon to enforce the law. Ther...

Does the noble and learned Lord not accept that the Electoral Commission has come out exceedingly...

I understand that, but I do not understand why they have come out against it, because it must be ...

My Lords, my name is added to this amendment and I do support it, but I think that we have been s...

My Lords, I think that I shall go with the suggestion that we defer debate on this until Third Re...

Perhaps the House will allow me just a couple of minutes to put the opposing point of view to the...

I thank the noble and right reverend Lord for giving way. Does he not agree that to be caught by ...

The whole point of those provisions, which is where the sting is, is that you can campaign on and...

I am grateful to the noble and right reverend Lord for giving way, but he really cannot get away ...

Then why does the Charity Commission guidance—and I have read carefully both its main guidance an...

I am grateful to the noble and right reverend Lord and I apologise for intervening again, but doe...

My Lords, I take the point but it was important to state the argument because some people are und...

The NCVO has taken up—

Order!

My Lords, with the greatest respect, we are really getting beyond the guidance in the Companion r...

My Lords, I will take three minutes; I am not going into technicalities and I freely admit I am g...

My Lords, with due respect to the House, as I have not spoken on this, a number of the noble Lord...

My Lords, that being said, I will speak quickly and shortly to say that, while we absolutely unde...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Phillips for raising the important issue of charities and ...

I am sorry to intervene on the noble and learned Lord, but does he not agree that the test is onl...

My Lords, I can do no better than remind your Lordships of Clause 26, which states that,

“t...

Is my noble and learned friend saying, as a law officer of the Crown, that it is lawful for a cha...

My Lords, that has been the legal position since 2000. It is very rare that it would happen but, ...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble and learned friend the Minister for the way in which he summe...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

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