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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 25, leave out ‘consultant’ and insert ‘professional’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 5, line 12, leave out ‘consultant’ and insert ‘professional’. |
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| | Clause 10, page 5, line 28, leave out from ‘offence’ to end of line 30. |
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| | Clause 12, page 6, line 22, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | If a person carries on the business of consultant lobbying in breach of section 1(1) |
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| | | (lobbying whilst unregistered), an offence is committed by— |
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| | | (b) | any employee of the person who engages in lobbying in the course of that |
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| | Clause 12, page 6, line 22, leave out ‘consultant’ and insert ‘professional’. |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 14, page 7, line 39, at end insert ‘or breaches the code of conduct’. |
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| | | Clauses 15 to 21 Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 22, page 10, line 28, leave out subsection (3). |
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| | Clause 22, page 10, line 31, leave out ‘seek to’. |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 23, page 11, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision permitting or requiring the |
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| | | Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to supply to the |
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| | | Registrar, on request, such information regarding any person who is, or is |
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| | | required to be, registered under the Value Added Tax Act 1994 as is specified in |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 25, page 11, line 31, leave out from ‘lobbying’ to end of line 32. |
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| | Clause 25, page 12, line 1, at end insert ‘of consultant lobbyists’. |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | | Duty to apply a code of conduct |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Registrar shall, after wide consultation with relevant stakeholders including |
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| | | the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee of the House of Commons, |
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| | | prepare a code of conduct with which all registered persons will be required to |
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| | | comply, and may produce revised codes from time to time; |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State must lay any professional lobbying code of conduct before |
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| | | (3) | Any code shall provide that any inappropriate financial relations between |
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| | | registered persons and parliamentarians are strictly forbidden. |
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| | | (4) | An organisation or person included on the register which contravenes the |
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| | | provisions of the code of conduct shall be liable to civil penalties as set out in |
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| | | Disclosure of names of professional lobbyists |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘The Government must disclose the names of all persons who are professional |
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| | | lobbyists that work for them, including senior persons— |
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| | | (a) | who are employed directly with the UK Government; |
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| | | (b) | who are formally employed by the political party or parties that form the |
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| | | (c) | who are employed on a temporary basis as consultants; and |
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| | | Definition of consultant lobbying |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | In section 1 “consultant lobbying” means activities which are carried out in the |
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| | | course of a business for the purpose of— |
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| | | (a) | influencing government; or |
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| | | (b) | advising others how to influence government. |
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| | | (2) | Activities are to be taken as having the purpose specified in subsection (1) if a |
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| | | reasonable person would assume, having regard to all the circumstances, that the |
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| | | activities were intended to have the effect described in subsection (1)(a) or (b). |
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| | | (3) | In this section “government” includes, within the United Kingdom— |
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| | | (a) | central government, devolved government, local government; |
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| | | (b) | members and staff of either House of Parliament or of a devolved |
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| | | (c) | Ministers and officials; and |
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| | | (d) | public authorities (within the meaning of section 6 of the Human Rights |
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| | | (4) | Subsection (1) does not include— |
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| | | (a) | anything done in response to or compliance with a court order; |
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| | | (b) | anything done for the purpose of complying with a requirement under an |
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| | | (c) | a public response to an invitation to submit information or evidence; |
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| | | (d) | a public response to a government consultation exercise; |
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| | | (e) | a formal response to a public invitation to tender; |
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| | | (f) | anything done by a person acting in an official capacity on behalf of a |
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| | | government organisation; or |
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| | | (g) | an individual who makes representations solely on his or her own behalf. |
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| | | (5) | In subsection (1) “influencing” includes informing, but making information or |
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| | | opinions public (for example, by way of advertisements or attributed articles in a |
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| | | newspaper) is not the provision of lobbying services. |
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| | | (a) | “business” includes any undertaking, including charitable and not-for- |
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| | | (b) | services provided by or on behalf of an undertaking are provided “in the |
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| | | course of a business”, even if the persons providing the services are |
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| | | acting on a pro bono, volunteer or not-for-profit basis. |
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| | | (7) | Subsection (1) applies whether a person is acting— |
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| | | (a) | on behalf of a client; |
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| | | (b) | on behalf of an employer; |
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| | | (c) | as a volunteer on behalf of a charitable or other organisation; or |
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| | | (d) | on the person’s own behalf (subject to subsection (4)(g)); but the |
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| | | Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument |
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| | | permit persons who provide lobbying services on behalf of an |
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| | | organisation (in any capacity) to rely on the organisation’s registration. |
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| | | (8) | The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument provide |
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| | | that a person does not contravene section 1 by providing lobbying services |
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| | | without being registered, provided that the person becomes registered within a |
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| | | specified period beginning with the first date on which those services were |
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| | | Professional lobbyists taking up employment in government |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Any professional lobbyist registered under section 1 taking up a senior position |
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| | | (a) | have their appointment scrutinised by a Committee, and |
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| | | (b) | have restrictions placed on their activities as set out in subsection (3). |
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| | | (2) | “Senior position in Government” means a position as senior civil servant or their |
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| | | (3) | The Minister, after consultation with relevant stakeholders, may make |
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| | | regulations about the activities set out in subsection (1)(b).’. |
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