Electoral Administration Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Monday, 8 May 2006, in the House of Lords.

Electoral Administration Bill. Lords Committee stage on Recommitment. Amendment No 1 (new clause) agreed to. Clause 73 agreed to as amended. Schedules 1 and 2 agreed to as amended. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 102).

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

681 c733-66

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Electoral Administration Bill. As amended on Grand Committee (HL)
Thursday, 23 March 2006
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 681 c759-60 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, accurately describes the effect of the proposals that the Government...

Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 681 c760-1 (Link to this contribution) As a non-lawyer, perhaps I may ask the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, whether he is really serious in p...

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Lord Goodhart | 681 c758-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord; however, this is a significant issue. Although we now k...

Lord Kingsland | 681 c759 (Link to this contribution) moved, as an amendment to Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 5:"Line 95, after ““which”” insert ““the re...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 681 c758 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, puts the matter clearly and I agree with his analysis of the framewor...

Lord Goodhart | 681 c763 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may ask the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, to consider one issue. I can understand...

Lord Goodhart | 681 c761 (Link to this contribution) I must confess to being a little surprised by this amendment because if it is agreed that some inter...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 681 c761-3 (Link to this contribution) I understand the concern of the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland. He is concerned with capitalisation—the ...

Lord Kingsland | 681 c761 (Link to this contribution) I said in my opening speech on the amendment that I thought that the circumstances in which a regist...

Lord Kingsland | 681 c761 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 8:"Line 132, at end insert—" ““( ) Where interest is rolled up under such ...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 681 c755-6 (Link to this contribution) I shall deal first with the question put by the noble Baroness. If you say that you do not want your...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 681 c755 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I should have seen this, but what happens if the lender states that he does not want his loa...

Lord Goodhart | 681 c754-5 (Link to this contribution) I start with a brief general comment. The disclosures in recent weeks that very substantial loans ma...

Lord Goodhart | 681 c757-8 (Link to this contribution) moved, as an amendment to Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 3:"Leave out lines 85 to 87." The noble Lo...

Lord Kingsland | 681 c756-7 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the noble and learned Lord. As I said, my amendments are by way of being probi...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 681 c734-53 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1:"After Clause 60, insert the following new clause—" ““REGULATION OF LOANS ET...

Viscount Allenby of Megiddo | 681 c734 (Link to this contribution) I will first call the Minister to move Amendment No. 1. I will then call Amendments Nos. 2 to 17, wh...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 681 c733-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into Committee (on Recommitment) on thi...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 681 c763 (Link to this contribution) What the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, said simply underlines the fact that some more thought is requir...

Lord Kingsland | 681 c763-4 (Link to this contribution) moved, as an amendment to Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 12:"Line 193, at end insert—" ““( ) I...

Lord Kingsland | 681 c763 (Link to this contribution) I need make no apology whatever for tabling my amendment. The noble and learned Lord’s response was ...

Lord Goodhart | 681 c764 (Link to this contribution) I have to confess that I am a little puzzled by the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Kingsla...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 681 c764-5 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, has said, particularly on the burden of ...

Lord Kingsland | 681 c765 (Link to this contribution) The noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, may have no fear: I will certainly withdraw my amendment ...

Lord Goodhart | 681 c765 (Link to this contribution) I want to ask one short question on Amendment No. 1. Does the noble and learned Lord agree that Part...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 681 c765 (Link to this contribution) Plainly, we need to consider that point because if £5,000 is the kick-in level for disclosure, it is...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 681 c765-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 18:"Page 71, line 24, at end insert—" ““( ) section (regulation of loans e...

Lord Kingsland | 681 c753-4 (Link to this contribution) moved, as an amendment to Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2:"Line 64, at end insert—" ““(13) An agr...

Subjects

Disclosure of information

Banks

Finance

Fees and charges

Elections

Donors

Electoral register

Political parties

Loans

Legislation

Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06

Link

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