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Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 9 September 2013  

198

 

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning

 

and Trade Union Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Agreed to  91

 

Schedule  1,  page  50,  line  18,  after ‘not’ insert ‘, by reason of making a

 

communication,’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not called  17

 

Schedule  1,  page  50,  line  18,  leave out ‘consultant’ and insert ‘professional’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  18

 

Schedule  1,  page  50,  leave out lines 19 to 24 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

the person is a constituent contacting or communicating with their

 

Member of Parliament;

 

(b)    

the person is making communications solely on his or her own behalf;

 

(c)    

the person is responding to a government consultation exercise;

 

(d)    

the person is responding to an invitation to submit information or

 

evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee or Public Bill Committee;

 

(e)    

the person is acting in an official capacity on behalf of a government

 

organisation;

 

(f)    

a person is making communications without remuneration;

 

(g)    

the person is responding to or complying with a court order,’.

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Agreed to  92

 

Schedule  1,  page  50,  line  19,  leave out ‘(or, where the person is an employee, the

 

person’s employer)’.

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Agreed to  93

 

Schedule  1,  page  50,  line  20,  leave out ‘is mainly a non-lobbying business’ and

 

insert ‘consists mainly of non-lobbying activities’.

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Agreed to  94

 

Schedule  1,  page  50,  line  22,  leave out from first ‘of’ to end of line 24 and insert

 

‘the communication is incidental to the carrying on of those activities’.

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Agreed to  95

 

Schedule  1,  page  50,  leave out from beginning of line 25 to ‘activities’ in line 26 and

 

insert ‘In sub-paragraph (1) “non-lobbying activities” are’.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 9 September 2013  

199

 

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning

 

and Trade Union Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not moved  19

 

Schedule  1,  page  50,  line  25,  leave out sub-paragraph 3(2)  and insert—

 


 

‘ A person is carrying on the business of professional lobbying if they are acting—

 

(a)    

on behalf of a client, or

 

(b)    

on behalf of an employer.’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not moved  20

 

Schedule  1,  page  50,  line  30,  leave out sub-paragraph 3(3) .

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not moved  21

 

Schedule  1,  page  50,  line  33,  leave out sub-paragraph 3(4) .

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not moved  22

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  8,  leave out ‘consultant’ and insert ‘professional’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not selected  23

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  8,  after ‘if’, insert ‘the activity involves’.

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Agreed to  96

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  9,  leave out ‘(or, where the person is an employee, the

 

person’s employer)’.

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Agreed to  97

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  12,  leave out ‘(or employer)’.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 9 September 2013  

200

 

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning

 

and Trade Union Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not moved  24

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  21,  leave out ‘consultant’ and insert ‘professional’.

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Sheila Gilmore

 

Fabian Hamilton

 

Paul Flynn

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Graham Stringer

 

Mark Durkan

 

Stephen Williams

 

Kate Hoey

 

John Mann

 

Mr David Ward

 

Not moved  54

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  35,  at end insert ‘but a reference to payment does not

 

include a reference to the salary a Member of the House of Commons receives in that

 

capacity.’.

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Agreed to  151

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  35,  at end insert—

 

    ‘(2)  

But “payment” does not include any sums payable to a member of either House

 

of Parliament—

 

(a)    

under section 4 or 5 of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (MPs’

 

salaries and allowances),

 

(b)    

pursuant to a resolution or a combination of resolutions of the House

 

of Lords relating to expenses and allowances for its members, or

 

(c)    

otherwise out of money provided by Parliament or out of the

 

Consolidated Fund.

 

    (6A)  

’.

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Sheila Gilmore

 

Fabian Hamilton

 

Paul Flynn

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Mr Andrew Turner

 

Graham Stringer

 

Mark Durkan

 

Stephen Williams

 

Kate Hoey

 

John Mann

 

Mr David Ward

 

Not moved  55

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

In this paragraph—

 

“salary of a Member of the House of Commons” has the same meaning as

 

in the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009.’.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 9 September 2013  

201

 

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning

 

and Trade Union Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Kevin Barron

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not moved  100

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

A reference to payment does not include a reference to the salary an hon. Member

 

receives as a Member of the House of Commons.’.

 

Mr Gareth Thomas

 

Not moved  102

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

      (4)  

“Payment” does not include any salary or expenses an hon. Member of

 

Parliament receives as a Member of the House of Commons.’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not moved  25

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  43,  leave out paragraph (7).

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not moved  26

 

Schedule  1,  page  52,  line  10,  leave out paragraph (8).

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not moved  27

 

Schedule  1,  page  52,  line  16,  leave out paragraph (10).

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not moved  28

 

Schedule  1,  page  52,  line  20,  leave out paragraph (11).

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not selected  29

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  34,  leave out ‘consultant’ and insert ‘professional’.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 9 September 2013  

202

 

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning

 

and Trade Union Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not moved  30

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  35,  leave out ‘consultant’ and insert ‘professional’.

 

Lady Hermon

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Kate Hoey

 

John Mann

 

Not moved  136

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  36,  at end add—

 

‘(3)    

The Minister is under a duty to ensure the independence of the Registrar.

 

(4)    

The Minister is under a duty to ensure the Registrar is adequately financed and

 

resourced so that the Registrar can exercise its functions under this Part.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not moved  31

 

Schedule  2,  page  53,  line  1,  after ‘Minister’, insert ‘after consultation with the

 

Political and Constitutional Reform Committee of the House of Commons.’.

 

Lady Hermon

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Kate Hoey

 

John Mann

 

Not moved  138

 

Schedule  2,  page  53,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The power of the Minister under sub-paragraph (1) is exercisable only following

 

the approval of a proposed appointment by resolution of both Houses of

 

Parliament.’.

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Agreed to  98

 

Schedule  2,  page  53,  line  15,  at end insert ‘or was an employee of a person who

 

carried on that business.’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 9 September 2013  

203

 

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning

 

and Trade Union Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not moved  32

 

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  38,  leave out ‘consultant’ and insert ‘professional’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not moved  33

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  12,  leave out ‘consultant’ and insert ‘professional’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not moved  34

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

the approximate value of the registered person’s spending on their

 

lobbying activities for each quarter.’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not selected  35

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

specify any other information required under subsection 4(2) to be

 

included in the register.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not moved  36

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  37,  after ‘information’, insert ‘and spending on lobbying’.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 9 September 2013  

204

 

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning

 

and Trade Union Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Mrs Anne Main

 

Kate Hoey

 

John Mann

 

Not moved  137

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

details of any communications or meetings with a Minister of the Crown

 

or Permanent Secretary that do not fall within section 2(3), and.’.

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Sheila Gilmore

 

Fabian Hamilton

 

Paul Flynn

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Graham Stringer

 

Mark Durkan

 

Stephen Williams

 

Kate Hoey

 

John Mann

 

Mr David Ward

 

Not moved  56

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  47,  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

if the registered person engaged in lobbying in the quarter in return for

 

payment (whether or not the payment has been received), the purpose and

 

subject matter of the lobbying services provided by the registered person;

 

and

 

(d)    

if the registered person received payment in the quarter to engage in

 

lobbying (whether or not the lobbying has been done) the purpose and

 

subject matter of the lobbying services provided by the registered

 

person.’.

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Not moved  152

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  47,  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

if the registered person received payment in the quarter to engage in

 

lobbying (whether or not the lobbying has been done) the amount of

 

payment received.’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not moved  37

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  47,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

Spending on lobbying for each quarter is the approximate value of the amount a

 

registered person spends on their lobbying activity for each quarter.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 
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