House of Commons Amendments

Session 2013 - 14
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House of Commons

Tuesday 10 September 2013

Committee of the whole House

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and

Trade Union Administration Bill

Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the House

[3 September 2013].

CLAUSE 26, SCHEDULE 3, CLAUSES 27 TO 32, SCHEDULE 4, CLAUSES 33 TO 35,

NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART 2, NEW SCHEDULES RELATING TO PART 2

John Thurso

Stephen Lloyd

Andrew George

Simon Hughes

Dr Julian Huppert

Tim Farron

Mr Michael Thornton

Greg Mulholland

Mr Alan Reid

Annette Brooke

John Pugh

Mr Mark Williams

47

Clause  26,  page  12,  line  23,  leave out ‘subsections (2) to (4)’ and insert ‘subsection

(2)’.’.

Wayne David

Angela Smith

62

Clause  26,  page  12,  line  24,  leave out subsections (2) to (4).

Committee of the whole House: 10 September 2013
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John Thurso

Stephen Lloyd

Andrew George

Simon Hughes

Dr Julian Huppert

Paul Burstow

Tim Farron

Mr Michael Thornton

Greg Mulholland

Mr Alan Reid

Annette Brooke

John Pugh

Mr Mark Williams

46

Clause  26,  page  12,  line  28,  leave out subsections (3) and (4).

Wayne David

Angela Smith

60

Clause  26,  page  12,  leave out line 30.

Mr Graham Allen

Fabian Hamilton

Caroline Lucas

Graham Stringer

Mark Durkan

Sarah Champion

Andrew George

Chris White

Kate Hoey

John Mann

Charlotte Leslie

Graeme Morrice

John Cryer

Greg Mulholland

Mr David Davis

131

Clause  26,  page  12,  leave out lines 31 to line 3 on page 13 and insert—

‘

“For election purposes” means activity which can reasonably be regarded as

intended for the primary purpose of—

(a)
promoting or procuring electoral success at any relevant election

for—

(i)
one or more particular registered parties;

(ii)
one or more registered parties who advocate (or do not

advocate) particular policies or who otherwise fall

within a particular category of such parties; or

(iii)
candidates who hold (or do not hold) particular opinions

or who advocate (or do not advocate) particular policies

or who otherwise fall within a particular category of

candidates; or

(b)
otherwise enhancing the standing—

(i)
of any such party or parties; or

(ii)
of any such candidates,

with the electorate in connection with future relevant elections (whether

imminent or otherwise).’.

Wayne David

Angela Smith

64

Clause  26,  page  12,  line  31,  leave out ‘or in connection with’.

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Pete Wishart

168

Clause  26,  page  13,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘( )
the amendments made by this Part shall not apply to elections to the

Scottish Parliament, unless the Scottish Parliament so resolves.’.

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

169

Clause  26,  page  13,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘( )
the amendments made by this Part shall not apply to charities registered

in the Scottish Charity Register maintained under section 3 of the

Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 in relation to

Scotland.’.

Jonathan Edwards

171


Clause  26,  page  13,  line  30,  at end insert ‘the amendments made by this Part shall

not apply to elections to the National Assembly for Wales, unless the National Assembly

for Wales consents.’.

Wayne David

Angela Smith

Mr Graham Allen

Caroline Lucas

59

Page  12,  line  20,  leave out Clause 26.

Mr Graham Allen

Fabian Hamilton

Caroline Lucas

Graham Stringer

Mark Durkan

Sarah Champion

Andrew George

Kate Hoey

John Mann

Charlotte Leslie

Greg Mulholland

132

Schedule  3,  page  55,  line  23,  leave out sub-paragraph (3) and insert—

‘Any manifesto or other document setting out the third party’s view on the

policies of one or more registered parties or of any category of registered

parties or candidates.’.

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and Trade Union Administration Bill, continued

Mr Graham Allen

Fabian Hamilton

Caroline Lucas

Graham Stringer

Mark Durkan

Sarah Champion

Andrew George

Chris White

Kate Hoey

John Mann

Charlotte Leslie

Greg Mulholland

133

Schedule  3,  page  55,  line  32,  at end add ‘in connection with an election campaign’.

Mr Graham Allen

Fabian Hamilton

Caroline Lucas

Graham Stringer

Mark Durkan

Sarah Champion

Andrew George

Kate Hoey

John Mann

Charlotte Leslie

Greg Mulholland

134

Schedule  3,  page  55,  leave out lines 40 to line 4 on page 56.

Mr Graham Allen

Chris White

Andrew George

Charlotte Leslie

Kate Hoey

John Mann

Greg Mulholland

162

Schedule  3,  page  56,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(c)
in respect of staffing costs incurred for election purposes, as defined

in section 85(3).’.

Wayne David

Angela Smith

167

Schedule  3,  page  56,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(c)
in respect of the remuneration or allowances payable to any member of

the staff (whether permanent or otherwise) of the third party.’.

Wayne David

Angela Smith

61

Page  54,  line  29,  leave out Schedule 3.

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and Trade Union Administration Bill, continued

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Martin Vickers

101

Clause  27,  page  13,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘( )
In section 94(1) of the Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2000,

after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)
During a regulated period no controlled expenditure is to be incurred by

any third party that is in receipt of public funds in the 12 month period

prior to the start of the regulated period.”.

( )
In section 94(2) after “schedule 10” in line 3, insert “or by (1A) above.’.

Wayne David

Angela Smith

66

Clause  27,  page  13,  leave out lines 32 to 35.

Wayne David

Angela Smith

165

Clause  27,  page  14,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) may not come into force until such time as the Electoral

Commission has placed before Parliament a report on the impact of subsections

(1) and (2) on relative controlled expenditure by political parties and non-parties

in regulated periods.’.

Mr Graham Allen

Fabian Hamilton

Caroline Lucas

Graham Stringer

Mark Durkan

Sarah Champion

Chris White

John Mann

Charlotte Leslie

Andrew George

Naomi Long

Mr David Anderson

Gordon Henderson

John Robertson

Mr Douglas Carswell

Katy Clark

Paul Goggins

Mr David Davis

135

Page  13,  line  31,  leave out Clause 27.

Mr Graham Allen

170

Clause  28,  page  15,  leave out lines 22 to 31 and insert—

‘(2A)
The Secretary of State may by order set limits applying to controlled expenditure

which is incurred by or on behalf of a recognised third party in the relevant period

in any particular parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland, Wales and

Northern Ireland.

(2B)
The Secretary of State may by order set limits applying to controlled expenditure

which is incurred by or on behalf of a recognised third party in the post-

dissolution part of the relevant period in any particular parliamentary

constituency in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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(2C)
The Secretary of State may make an order under subsection (2A) or (2B) only if

it gives effect to a recommendation of the Commission.’.

Wayne David

Angela Smith

Mr Graham Allen

Caroline Lucas

69

Page  14,  line  3,  leave out Clause 28.

Mr Andrew Lansley

86

Clause  29,  page  22,  line  5,  leave out ‘or the recognised third party’.

Mr Andrew Lansley

87

Clause  29,  page  22,  line  18,  leave out ‘or the recognised third party’.

Mr Graham Allen

Caroline Lucas

143

Page  18,  line  29,  leave out Clause 29.

Wayne David

Angela Smith

70

Clause  30,  page  23,  line  24,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

‘(3)
After subsection (4) insert—

“(5)
If the Minister considers it appropriate to proceed with the making of an

order under section 155 of the Political Parties, Election and

Referendums Act 2000, the Minister must lay before Parliament—

(a)
a draft of the Order, and

(b)
an explanatory document explaining the proposals.

(6)
Sections 15 to 19 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006

(choosing between negative, affirmative and super-affirmative

parliamentary procedure) are to apply in relation to an explanatory

document and draft order laid under section 155 but as if references to

section 14 of that Act were references to section 155.”.’.

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Mr Graham Allen

Caroline Lucas

Kate Hoey

John Mann

144

Page  23,  line  20,  leave out Clause 30.

Mr Graham Allen

Caroline Lucas

Kate Hoey

John Mann

Andrew George

145

Page  23,  line  32,  leave out Clause 31.

Wayne David

Angela Smith

71

Clause  32,  page  26,  leave out from line 27 to line 20 on page 28.

Mr Andrew Lansley

88

Clause  32,  page  29,  line  11,  after ‘section’ insert ‘in relation to a recognised third

party’.

Mr Andrew Lansley

89

Clause  32,  page  29,  line  12,  after ‘section 58’ insert ‘in relation to a registered

party’.

Mr Andrew Lansley

90

Clause  32,  page  30,  line  39,  leave out ‘3(3)’ and insert ‘3(3)(c)’.

Mr Graham Allen

Caroline Lucas

Kate Hoey

John Mann

Andrew George

146

Page  24,  line  25,  leave out Clause 32.



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