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

My Lords, I seek clarification from the noble Lord, who is recognised as an expert in the field o...

I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hardie, for raising that issue. It is one of tw...

Simply, a concern has been expressed. As the noble Lord has observed, it is referred to in the re...

I think that the concern may relate to a misnomer, which is that a non-charitable NGO that wants ...

My Lords, I take issue with one or two of the matters that the noble Lord, Lord Phillips, has jus...

I am so sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness so early in her speech, but it is directly germane ...

I was not referring to the Charity Commission; I was referring to commission of the noble and rig...

The noble Baroness refers to a level playing field between charities and non-charity NGOs. Howeve...

The noble Lord is correct on the face of it but, in reality, when one looks at some of the forms ...

My Lords, my name is also added to this amendment. I should like to say a few words not as a lawy...

My Lords, the noble Baroness has given us a sobering picture of the future of US political fundin...

The commission did not support taking charities out, for the reasons put so fluently and eloquent...

There is already some evidence that American Crossroads, which is Karl Rove’s non-profit organisa...

I absolutely agree that it is right to take precautionary steps, but I am sure that the noble Bar...

Does the noble and right reverend Lord not agree that it is one thing politically to campaign—whi...

I could not agree more, but as the noble Lord made clear, the difference between the two is somet...

My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, I speak as a non-lawyer. Indeed, my background ...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness and I am sorry to interrupt so often, but I am...

I do not have that evidence and no charity has written to me asking to be exempt, but there may b...

My Lords, I am a fan of the noble Lord, Lord Phillips. I have every reason to be grateful to him ...

My Lords, I did not speak at Second Reading for the same sort of reasons as the noble Baroness, L...

My Lords, I am very glad that I held back and listened to another contribution from the noble Lor...

I am very grateful to the noble Lord. I just wanted to ask him how he thinks matters will develop...

I admit that hypothetical examples of that nature at this time of night rather baffle me. I am no...

Again, I am very grateful to my noble friend. I simply invite him to go to the Printed Paper Offi...

My Lords, it is late at night to have to introduce a new element into the debate, but the natural...

My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Low. It was not that he was slow on his feet; I was...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Phillips of Sudbury for introducing this debate, which has...

My Lords, I thank everybody who has taken part in this debate. It has swayed to and fro in the be...

The point is not to support the candidate in order to get that candidate elected but to put press...

I am sorry if I misunderstood. Perhaps we can talk about this outside the Chamber, because this i...