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

My Lords, I also put my name down here. I apologise to your Lordships for not being able to parti...

My Lords, I hear the message. The current provisions of the Political Parties, Elections and Refe...

Moved by

Lord Tyler

170H: After Clause 29, insert the following new Clause—

“Th...

My Lords, I have tabled this proposed new clause with my colleagues, my noble friends Lady Willia...

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 170M. First of all, the charities and campaigning groups h...

My Lords, I add my support for Amendment 170H, to which my name is attached. As my noble friend L...

My Lords, my name is on Amendment 170M. This issue creates a number of problems, some of which ha...

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment. I have done so in relation to the organisations ...

My Lords, there is little wonder that there is so much concern in the charitable and voluntary se...

My Lords, I should like to emphasise the challenge posed to coalition working by the present PPER...

My Lords, I have already expressed my concerns about the smaller charities and the noble Lord, Lo...

My Lords, the last example given by the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich, is a really powerful one and i...

My Lords, from almost every meeting I took part in with charities or representatives of NGOs, I w...

I am very grateful to the Minister but also to others who contributed because, if we have done no...

Can I just clarify the noble Lord’s comments about the Electoral Commission, as I did not fully u...

My Lords, I am so sorry if I did not make that clear. Since the 2000 Act it has become increasing...

Moved by

Lord Hardie

170J: After Clause 29, insert the following new Clause—

“P...

My Lords, I will speak also to Amendment 170K. Both amendments introduce new clauses into the Bil...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hardie. Amendment 175 picks...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hardie, for his amendments and I welc...

My Lords, Amendment 170J, tabled by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hardie, would require the El...

Before my noble and learned friend moves on, may I ask him a question? When he was speaking so en...

I am not sure that that is entirely how I see it; my point was that whatever is produced should b...

My Lords, as the noble and learned Lord says, he cannot give directions. However, if the measure ...

Obviously, if Parliament wishes that to be the case and the measure is included in the Bill, we w...

I have certainly found the debate helpful. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts...

Moved by

Lord Harries of Pentregarth

170L: After Clause 30, insert the following new ...

My Lords, this is a blessedly simple and straightforward amendment. It would reduce the regulator...

My Lords, I have put my name to this amendment and also added Amendment 170P in the spirit of wha...

My Lords, the argument does appear to be very simple. I wish it was so. I will illustrate the com...

My Lords, I am hoping to be seduced. There is a kernel to this that is more important than the de...

My Lords, I am not going to repeat the points that have been made, which in part arise from two i...

My Lords, the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, has proposed an amendme...

My Lords, can the noble and learned Lord explain why he always goes back to parity with political...

My Lords, I am happy to explain that. The very nature of the expenditure that will fall to be cov...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Deben, for his support in principle for reducing the regul...

Moved by

Lord Harries of Pentregarth

170N: After Clause 30, insert the following new ...

My Lords, this amendment is about reporting requirements, and I shall speak also about the two cl...

My Lords, I have tabled a couple of amendments in this group. They follow the line of attack of t...

My Lords, I will say one thing. I am very puzzled by the way in which, almost every day in our de...

My Lords, may I add a small rider to what the noble Lord, Lord Deben, has just said? I have been ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 174. As my noble friend Lord Hodgson said, it relates to our earlie...

On this side we very much support getting rid of red tape for small organisations. I think that i...

My Lords, Amendment 170N would insert a new clause that would remove the requirement for recognis...

I thank the Minister for his response. It is probably the most positive response we have had this...

Moved by

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

171: Clause 31, page 24, line 39, at end inse...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 172. It is with some relief that I reassure the Committ...

My Lords, Clause 31 is entitled, “Notification requirements for recognised third bodies”. My plea...

My Lords, in respect of the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Hodgson, I have some f...

Before the Minister sits down, it is crystal clear in the case of company directors and lawyers w...

I tried to explain what would be the case with unincorporated associations but, given what the no...

It is the fate of those of us who scrutinise legislation to spend most of our time pushing agains...

I have a note that includes the CIOs. We will be looking into this issue, including the Scottish ...

It is therefore with great pleasure that I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab)

176: After Clause 35, insert the following new C...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 177. Amendment 176 is an attempt to reduce some of the ...

My Lords, I was delighted to be able to put my name to this amendment, which indeed has cross-par...

My Lords, I also support the amendment. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, f...

My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of my three noble colleagues. The noble Lord, Lord Camp...

My Lords, I apologise for not having spoken at Second Reading, when I was not present, and I decl...

Does the noble Lord know by how much the state already funds political parties now? Does he know ...

I know it is already many millions of pounds, and I am very nervous and worried about that. That ...

Before the noble Lord sits down, perhaps I could reiterate what I said earlier. The state gives p...

Yes, I think I would agree that it is more transparent, but the noble Lord is assuming that for t...

Does my noble friend not accept that we are talking about voluntary donations? Nobody is going to...

I am going to gain an exemption from my other duties as a taxpayer, in order to do this. It there...

I am sorry to interrupt, but if we are starting to talk about taxation in that form, I must say t...

We are required to give money to the state to pay for all the services that we enjoy, and the ame...

My noble friend has just admitted that he has a large number of charitable activities. I am very ...

Being a member of a political party is not a charitable activity.

Of course it is.

If it were a charitable activity, the party would be a charity. It is not a charitable activity; ...

In the light of these interventions, might the noble Lord not wish to revise his article on these...

It is hardly to my surprise that I discover that in a group of people who are involved in politic...

My Lords, I wish to add a few words. This discussion shows that in the area of political funding,...

My Lords, I have always been an agnostic about this issue and it is rare that I agree with the no...

Is the noble Lord proposing that there should be a cap that accompanies this amendment? Because i...

I am sorry; my noble friend misses my point. I am an agnostic on this. I am merely saying that as...

My Lords, that is an interesting idea in an interesting debate. I certainly do not defend the pre...

I, too, would like to thank the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, for raising this. Having spent...

To illustrate the point, I was making a distinction between a monthly contribution and an annual ...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for explaining that.

It will not come as any surprise that ...

My Lords, I do not know whether to describe that as a disappointing reply. I hope that behind the...

Moved by

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

181: After Clause 41, insert the following ne...

My Lords, as we approach this last group for debate I shall be as brief as I can. This amendment ...

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendments 181A, 181B and 181C, which all move in the same direction...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support what has been said by the noble and right reverend Lord and t...

My Lords, we had no pre-legislative scrutiny and many of us are unhappy about the way in which th...

My Lords, I will briefly say that I am in favour of both a review and the sunset clause. I also v...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to what has been said. One of the important developments in y...

The fact is that post-legislative scrutiny—which I am a great advocate of—is no substitute for a ...

My Lords, I will very briefly say that of course we need to be aware of the effects of any legisl...

My Lords, for the second or maybe the third time this afternoon I can say how grateful I am to my...

Moved by

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

My Lords, it is customary at this point of the year for the Chief Whips and the Convenor to pay t...

My Lords, I echo the thanks that have been given by the noble Baroness the Chief Whip to our marv...

One of the extremely valuable services that we all use every day in this House is Hansard, the Of...

My Lords, on behalf of the Cross-Bench group, I associate myself with the warm tributes that have...

My Lords, I speak on behalf of the Lord Speaker and all the other Deputies. We associate ourselve...