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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 8 October 2013

 

Report Stage Proceedings

 

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and

 

Trade Union Administration Bill

 

[FIRST Day]

 

NEW CLAUSES AND NEW SCHEDULES RELATING TO PART 1

 

Bill of rights

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

Mr William Cash

 

Withdrawn  NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Nothing in this Act shall be construed by any court in the United Kingdom as

 

affecting Article IX of the Bill of Rights 1689.’.

 

 

Duty to apply a code of conduct

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Negatived on division  NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Registrar shall, after wide consultation with relevant stakeholders including

 

the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee, prepare a code of

 

conduct with which all registered persons will be required to comply, and may

 

produce revised codes from time to time.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State must lay any professional lobbying code of conduct before

 

Parliament.

 

(3)    

Any code shall provide that any inappropriate financial relations between

 

registered persons and Parliamentarians are strictly forbidden.

 
 

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(4)    

An organisation or person included on the register which contravenes the

 

provisions of the code of conduct shall be liable to civil penalties as set out in

 

section 14.’.

 

 

Penalty for bribery and corruption

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not selected  NC5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘If the Registrar determines that a person registered under section 4 has breached

 

the Bribery Act 2010, that person will be removed from the register.’.

 

 

Duty to report

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  NC6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Registrar will report annually to the Political and Constitutional Reform

 

Committee of the House of Commons on the operation of the Register.’.

 

 

Consultant lobbying

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Withdrawn  NC7

 

To move the following Clause:—

 
 

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‘A person does not carry on the business of consultant lobbying if—

 

(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 Committee of either House of Parliament;

 

(e)    

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

 

organisation;

 

(f)    

the person is making communications without remuneration; or

 

(g)    

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

 

 

Disclosure

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  NC8

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Government must disclose the names of all persons who are professional

 

lobbyists that work for them including—

 

(a)    

persons who are employed directly by the Government;

 

(b)    

persons who are formally employed by the political party or parties that

 

form the Government;

 

(c)    

persons who are employed by the Government on a temporary basis as

 

consultants; and

 

(d)    

contractors.’.

 

 

Revolving door

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  NC9

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Any professional lobbyist registered under section 1 of the Act taking up a senior

 

position in Government will—

 
 

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(a)    

have their appointment scrutinised by a Committee;

 

(b)    

have restrictions placed on their activities set out in subsection (3).

 

(2)    

“Senior position in Government” means a senior civil servant or their equivalent.

 

(3)    

The Minister, after consultation with relevant stakeholders, may make

 

regulations about the activities set out in (1)(a).’.

 

 

AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CLAUSES 1 aND 2, SCHEDULE 1, CLAUSE 3, SCHEDULE 2,

 

CLAUSES 4 TO 25

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  68

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  1,  leave out ‘a business’ and insert ‘their lobbying activity’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  69

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  3,  after ‘persons’, insert ‘or employer’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  70

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  4,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

 

‘(ba)    

the person concerned is trading as a sole trader or company, or is an

 

employee of such a person’.

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Sheila Gilmore

 

Fabian Hamilton

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Not called  97

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  8,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

The communications within this subsection are oral or written communications

 

made personally to a Member of either House of Parliament, a Minister of the

 

Crown or permanent secretary or senior civil servant or special adviser relating

 

to—

 
 

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(a)    

the development, adoption or modification of any proposal of the

 

Government to make or amend primary or subordinate legislation;

 

(b)    

the development, adoption or modification of any other policy of the

 

Government;

 

(c)    

the making, giving or issuing by the Government of, or the taking of any

 

other steps by the Government in relation to—

 

(i)    

any contract or other agreement,

 

(ii)    

any grant or other financial assistance, or

 

(iii)    

any licence or other authorisation; or

 

(d)    

the exercise of any other function of the Government.’.

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Sheila Gilmore

 

Fabian Hamilton

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Not called  98

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  8,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

The communications within this subsection are oral or written communications

 

made personally to a Minister of the Crown or permanent secretary or senior civil

 

servant or special adviser relating to—

 

(e)    

the development, adoption or modification of any proposal of the

 

Government to make or amend primary or subordinate legislation;

 

(f)    

the development, adoption or modification of any other policy of the

 

Government;

 

(g)    

the making, giving or issuing by the Government of, or the taking of any

 

other steps by the Government in relation to—

 

(iv)    

any contract or other agreement,

 

(v)    

any grant or other financial assistance, or

 

(vi)    

any licence or other authorisation; or

 

(h)    

the exercise of any other function of the Government.’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  71

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  8,  after ‘written’, insert ‘, including electronic,’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  73

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  9,  leave out from ‘communications’ to ‘relating’ in line 10

 

and insert ‘are made to government or parliament’.

 
 

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Simon Hughes

 

Not called  116

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  10,  after ‘secretary’, insert ‘or special adviser’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  72

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  12,  after ‘subordinate’, insert ‘or European’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  74

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  20,  at end insert ‘or parliament’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  75

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  21,  leave out ‘Minister or permanent secretary’ and insert

 

‘person being lobbied’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  76

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  25,  leave out from beginning of line 25 to end of subsection

 

(5) and insert—

 

‘

 

“government and parliament” includes within the United Kingdom—

 

(a)    

Ministers or officials of government departments;

 

(b)    

Members and staff of either House of Parliament;

 

(c)    

Special Advisers and senior civil servants;

 

(d)    

Non-Ministerial Departments, Non-departmental public bodies

 

and executive agencies and their senior staff; and

 

(e)    

Advisers and consultants to government and parliament within

 

the meaning of this subsection, who are not employed by, or

 

seconded to government or parliament but have an official, if

 

temporary, role.’.

 
 

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and Trade Union Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Sheila Gilmore

 

Fabian Hamilton

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Not called  99

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  33,  at end add—

 

‘“senior civil servant” means a person holding a position of Grade 5 or

 

above in the Civil Service of the State.

 

“special advisor” had the same meaning as in the Constitutional Reform and

 

Governance Act 2010.

 

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Agreed to  28

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  6,  leave out paragraph 1.

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

Mr William Cash

 

Not called  1

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  6,  leave out paragraphs 1 and 2.

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Agreed to  29

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  11,  leave out paragraph 2.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not called  78

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  15,  leave out sub-paragraph (2).

 

Jon Trickett

 

Gareth Thomas

 

Chi Onwurah

 

Ms Angela Eagle

 

Angela Smith

 

Thomas Docherty

 

Not selected  79

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  18,  leave out paragraph 3.

 

Mr Andrew Lansley

 

Agreed to  30

 

Schedule  1,  page  51,  line  35,  at beginning insert ‘the First Minister, the deputy

 

First Minister, the Northern Ireland Ministers and’.

 
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