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

My Lords, I declare an interest as patron of many charities in Northern Ireland, but mainly as a ...

My Lords, my intervention will be brief. When I came into the Chamber, I did not imagine that I w...

My Lords, I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, has raised the specific case of Northern Ir...

My Lords, I do not have the same experience as my noble friends who have already spoken so powerf...

My Lords, like my noble friend Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, I have great respect for the nob...

My Lords, I agree with the points that other speakers have raised, but I support the amendment fo...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Electoral Commission. However, I am speaking f...

My Lords, I would very much like to support my noble friend Lord Rooker in what he has said and t...

Perhaps I might add a little to what the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, said earlie...

My Lords, I begin by thanking my noble friends Lord Rooker and Lady Blood. Using a deep understan...

My Lords, as this is the first of no doubt many occasions on which I shall speak in this debate, ...

Can the noble and learned Lord give an answer to my question about whether any further work has b...

My Lords, I apologise for overlooking my scribbled note. As part of the impact assessment at the ...

The Minister said he did not think that the Human Rights Consortium would be captured by the pres...

My Lords, I think this is at the heart of much of this debate. As the noble Baroness, Lady Royall...

My Lords, I am very grateful for the contributions. As I said, I am no expert on this but I know ...

Moved by

Lord Hardie

159A: Clause 26, page 12, line 35, leave out “intended” and inse...

My Lords, in speaking to this amendment, I will also speak to Amendments 159E, 159F, 160D, 160E a...

My Lords, this amendment and the subsequent ones, such as that carefully drafted by the noble Lor...

My Lords, I first congratulate the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hardie, on the amendment, and my ...

My Lords, I think that this is the first time I have spoken in Committee, so I remind the House o...

My Lords, I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, made the point that we are trying to make ...

My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, because I very much agree with the...

My Lords, I, too, should declare my interests as listed in the register; in particular the fact t...

My Lords, I support what has been said, not only by the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harri...

I too am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hardie, for giving us a chance to discuss t...

It may help my noble friend to know that, in the most recent guidance put out by the Charities Co...

I am grateful to my noble friend. Of course, we are now talking about the Charity Commission: the...

My Lords, I declare my interest as patron of several charities, but particularly as vice-presiden...

My Lords, I also join in wishing the absent noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, a speedy return...

I have listened with great interest to the noble Baroness, but it seems that all she is doing is ...

We have a clause stand part debate and the point is to argue that this increase in scope does not...

Is the noble Baroness’s position that she wishes to leave PPERA 2000 just as it is, unamended? Th...

I do not think that any one clause quite does that, but it is interesting if that is the noble Lo...

I wonder what the noble Baroness is thinking. Activity by candidates, which is caught by other pa...

The NUS and other student groups have raised an interesting question about work done in the year ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this important debate on the core defini...

I accept everything that my noble and learned friend said about the difficulty of getting absolut...

Our view is that if it could reasonably be seen that the purpose of that lobbying was to get the ...

Is this not a fundamental threat to democracy? Let us take an English example. One party wants an...

My Lords, of course they will be allowed to campaign. I agree that it would be a travesty if they...

I am sorry to delay the Minister further, but with due respect I do not think he is really facing...

That reflects some of the amendments tabled by my noble friend Lord Tyler, to which the noble and...

I dread going on to other clauses, because I am going to get told off, but this is rather importa...

My Lords, I do not think that I have, because I indicated that one of the concerns we have is the...

If, say, an all-party group on heart surgery had decided, on excellent scientific advice, that it...

In all these hypotheticals, you hesitate, but I cannot see how supporting what must essentially b...

My Lords, I accept that the issue relating to APPGs is difficult, but I am sure that there is—for...

I find it difficult to see how an all-party group, supported by all parties, would fall foul of s...

I was not speaking about a group changing its position but about a group remaining constant and a...

I apologise; I misrepresented the point. What happens if the group maintains its campaign and one...

I thank noble Lords on all sides of the House for participating in this full and interesting deba...

Moved by

Lord Morris of Aberavon

159G: Clause 26, page 13, line 19, at end insert—