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

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Wallace of Saltaire for his explanation of the po...

Since I was asked a question, I will say two things. One is that we regret that the wider amendme...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

That this House do not insist on its Amendments 2...

My Lords, the other place has passed a Motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 26 and 27. As nob...

My Lords, as the noble and learned Lord has indicated, this amendment on constituency limits is a...

My Lords, I regret the position that we seem to have reached now on constituency limits. Your Lor...

My Lords, this is a case of confusion worse confounded, so I am very much in sympathy with the po...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support the amendment of the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harr...

My Lords, I will first echo the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, that it took just 24 ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. To those who mentioned that the...

My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord for his words and welcome the idea of a round-table ...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

That this House do not insist on its Amendment 10...

My Lords, third parties are by their very nature individuals or organisations who may undertake a...

Moved by

Lord Harries of Pentregarth

As an Amendment to Motion C, leave out from “Hou...

My Lords, as the noble and learned Lord has indicated, this is about the exclusion of background ...

The noble and right reverend Lord asks whether the Government mean for every phone call to be log...

I was aware of the noble and learned Lord’s point, and I was going to come to it. I take that poi...

My Lords, on this final group of Commons disagreements, I am much more at one with the noble and ...

On that point, bearing in mind that if people are campaigning there must be an opposing view, wha...

I understand the point that the noble Lord is making, and I think he shares my anxiety that, at t...

My Lords, I support Motion C1 in the name of the noble and right reverend Lord. Of all the matter...

My Lords, I, too, regret the fact that the Government felt unable to accept the exclusion of staf...

My Lords, I will answer directly the point made by the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harrie...

My Lords, may I ask a simple, pragmatic question? Bearing in mind the calculations that the Minis...

My Lords, I have not spoken previously on the Bill, but in the course of my professional career I...

My Lords, let me say briefly that I have the highest regard for the charities in the United Kingd...

My Lords, the problem with including staff costs is the issue of workability. As we have heard fr...

My Lords, once again, I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate, which has raise...

I thank the noble and learned Lord and the other speakers who have spoken in this short debate. I...

I respect everything the noble and right reverend Lord has said, but just to clarify my position,...

I thank the noble Lord. However, the issue is primarily one of bureaucracy. We can see the kind o...

My Lords, there being an equality of votes, in accordance with Standing Order 56, I declare the a...