With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Amendment 68, in clause 2, page 2, line 1, leave out ‘a business’ and insert ‘their lobbying activity’.
Amendment 69, page 2, line 3, after ‘persons’, insert ‘or employer’.
Amendment 70, page 2, line 4, leave out paragraph (b) and insert—
‘(ba) the person concerned is trading as a sole trader or company, or is an employee of such a person’.
Amendment 97, page 2, line 8, leave out subsection (3) and insert—
‘(3) The communications within this subsection are oral or written communications made personally to a Member of either House of Parliament, a Minister of the Crown or permanent secretary or senior civil servant or special adviser relating to—
(a) the development, adoption or modification of any proposal of the Government to make or amend primary or subordinate legislation;
(b) the development, adoption or modification of any other policy of the Government;
(c) the making, giving or issuing by the Government of, or the taking of any other steps by the Government in relation to—
(i) any contract or other agreement,
(ii) any grant or other financial assistance, or
(iii) any licence or other authorisation; or
(d) the exercise of any other function of the Government.’.
Amendment 98, page 2, line 8, leave out subsection (3) and insert—
‘(3) The communications within this subsection are oral or written communications made personally to a Minister of the Crown or permanent secretary or senior civil servant or special adviser relating to—
(e) the development, adoption or modification of any proposal of the Government to make or amend primary or subordinate legislation;
(f) the development, adoption or modification of any other policy of the Government;
(g) the making, giving or issuing by the Government of, or the taking of any other steps by the Government in relation to—
(iv) any contract or other agreement,
(ii) any grant or other financial assistance, or
(iii) any licence or other authorisation; or
(h) the exercise of any other function of the Government.’.
Amendment 71, page 2, line 8, after ‘written’, insert ‘, including electronic,’.
Amendment 73, page 2, line 9, leave out from ‘communications’ to ‘relating’ in line 10 and insert ‘are made to government or parliament’.
Amendment 116, page 2, line 10, after ‘secretary’, insert ‘or special adviser’.
Amendment 72, page 2, line 12, after ‘subordinate’, insert ‘or European’.
Amendment 74, page 2, line 20, at end insert ‘or parliament’.
Amendment 75, page 2, line 21, leave out ‘Minister or permanent secretary’ and insert ‘person being lobbied’.
Amendment 76, page 2, line 25, leave out from beginning of line 25 to end of subsection (5) and insert— ‘
“government and parliament” includes within the United Kingdom—
(a) Ministers or officials of government departments;
(b) Members and staff of either House of Parliament;
(c) Special Advisers and senior civil servants;
(d) Non-Ministerial Departments, Non-departmental public bodies and executive agencies and their senior staff; and
(e) Advisers and consultants to government and parliament within the meaning of this subsection, who are not employed by, or seconded to government or parliament but have an official, if temporary, role.’.
Amendment 99, page 2, line 33, at end add—
‘“senior civil servant” means a person holding a position of Grade 5 or above in the Civil Service of the State.
“special advisor” had the same meaning as in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.
Government amendment 30
Amendment 80, in schedule 1, page 52, line 7, leave out paragraph 4.
Amendment 83, page 53, line 26, leave out paragraph 12.
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