Download or read book House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee The Government s Lobbying Bill Volume I HC 601 I written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee supports the aims of increasing transparency in lobbying and effectively and fairly regulating third-party campaigning, but finds that the Government's bill is seriously flawed, because of inadequate consultation and a lack of pre-legislative scrutiny. Moreover, the definition of "consultant lobbying" is so narrow that not only would it exclude in-house lobbyists, which was the Government's intention, but it would also exclude the vast majority of third-party lobbyists and particularly the larger organisations. Many companies undertake lobbying as part of a wider communications and public relations business, and they spend very little of their time meeting directly with Ministers and Permanent Secretaries, meaning they could argue they were exempt from registering. The register should be expanded to include in-house lobbyists, and to cover the provision of advice on lobbying, as well as direct contact with Ministers and Permanent Secretaries. Special Advisers and Senior Civil Servants should be included in the list of people with whom contact counts as lobbying. Part 2 of the Bill, on non-party campaigning, and particularly the definition of spending "for electoral purposes" is confusing. The Committee urges the Government temporarily to withdraw the Bill and support a motion in the House to set up a special committee to carry out pre-legislative scrutiny, using the text of the existing Bill as a draft. The special committee should be charged with producing an improved Bill within six months.
Download or read book The Government s lobbying Bill written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee published online its second report on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill, in time for consideration of Lords amendments by the House of Commons on 22 January. The haste with which Lords amendments were returned to the Commons is yet another example of the way in which this Bill has been rushed through Parliament. The timetable that the Government has imposed for this Bill indicates contempt for Parliament and a lack of belief in the value of parliamentary scrutiny. Part 2 of the Bill, on third party campaigning remains problematic, but the Committee continues to have serious concerns about the very narrow scope of Part 1, on lobbying. Without the changes recommended in the Committee's original report (7th report of session 2013-14, HC 601-I, ISBN 9780215062352) to broaden the register, Part 1 of the Bill will do little to increase transparency about who is lobbying whom and for what purpose. Despite significant changes to the Bill, the Committee would still like further amendments: Part 1 to include Senior Civil Servants within the list of people with whom contact counts as lobbying; in Part 2, the maximum expenditure limits for third party campaigning to be restored to their current levels in England, Scotland and Wales (the Committee is content with the proposed increase in the limit for Northern Ireland; the reporting and accounting requirements in Part 2 of the Bill to be made less bureaucratic.
Download or read book Lobby Reform Legislation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Government s Lobbying Bill written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government response to HC 891, session 2013-14 (ISBN 9780215067845). That paper was a follow-up to HCP 601-I & 601-II, session 2013-14 (ISBNs 9780215062352, 9780215062369). The Government response to those reports published as HC 801, session 2013-14 (ISBN 9780215064455)
Download or read book Lobbying Disclosure Reform Proposals written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Government s Lobbying Bill written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government response to HC 601-I, session 2013-14 (ISBN 9780215062352)
Download or read book Constitutional Reform Bill House Of Lords written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Lords. Select Committee on the Constitutional Reform Bill [HL] and published by Stationery Office/Tso. This book was released on 2004-07-02 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Constitutional Reform Bill would abolish the office of the Lord Chancellor; establish a new Supreme Court for the United Kingdom and abolish the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords; establish a Judicial Appointments Commission for England and Wales; and introduce new arrangements for judicial discipline. During the Second Reading Debate it was decided that, because there had been no opportunity for pre legislative scrutiny, the Bill should be examined by a Select Committee rather than a Committee of the Whole House. In this report the clauses that raise issues are identified and the disagreements within the Committees are presented. Although over 400 amendments are made they do not affect the substance of the Bill, even though opinion was divided on two core issues: the abolition of the office of the Lord Chancellor and the establishment of a Supreme Court.
Download or read book House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution Transparency of Lobbying Non Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill HL 62 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Constitution and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Transparency Of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning And Trade Union Administration Bill (HL 62), the Select Committee on the Constitution raises significant concerns about the content and handling of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill. The Bill, which regulates lobbying and sets rules on expenditure by persons or bodies other than political parties at elections, is due for its second reading in the Lords on 22 October 2013. The report says that effective parliamentary scrutiny is of manifest importance for legislation of constitutional significance. The Committee questions whether the significant lowering of the cap on expenditure at general elections by third parties is justified, given the fundamental constitutional right to freedom of political expression. There has been a lack of consultation by the Government on the proposals, including with the Electoral Commission, as well as the lack of
Download or read book House of Lords House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights Legislative Scrutiny Transparency of Lobbying Non Party campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill HL 61 HC 755 written by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While it accepts that there may be a pressing need to reform non-party campaigning, the report Legislative Scrutiny: Transparency Of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning And Trade Union Administration Bill (HL 61, HC 755) calls on the Government to pause the passage of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill to allow for further scrutiny and for further consultation with the Electoral Commission, the Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement and relevant stakeholders. The report recommends that there be more careful consideration of the potential impact on campaigners' rights to free speech and freedom of association. The Committee welcomes the Government improvements made to Part 2 during its passage though the Commons, but suggest that concerns remain. The Joint Committee express concerns regarding: the lack of clarity about the practical effects of the provision in this Part of t
Download or read book Constitutional Reform Bill House Of Lords written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Constitutional Reform Bill (HL) and published by Stationery Office/Tso. This book was released on 2004-07-02 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constitutional Reform Bill (HL) : Vol. 2: Evidence
Download or read book Money and Electoral Politics written by Johnston, Ron and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Money and Electoral Politics, Ron Johnston and Charles Pattie draw on the latest research--including much unpublished material--to explore the financial differences between the United Kingdom's three main political parties in the four years leading up to the 2010 General Election. They look at how much local party branches raised and at the profound influence financing had on candidate performance. They show that fundraising at local levels often fell significantly short, suggesting a major problem with state of grassroots organizing--the capacity to effectively engage voters is confined to a relatively small number of constituencies. The result is an important contribution to the continuing debates on campaign finance, both in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
Download or read book Public Law written by Mark Elliott and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 897 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Public Law' is an introductory textbook that offers a mixture of black letter law and political analysis to give students an excellent grounding in the subject. It covers all of the key topics on undergraduate courses and includes a number of pedagogical features to aid understanding.
Download or read book HC 232 Voter Engagement in the UK written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1945, turnout for general elections in the UK has fallen from a high of 83.9% in 1950 to a low of 59.4% in 2001. Turnout for the 2010 general election was 65.1% higher than the previous two general elections, but still the third lowest since the introduction of universal suffrage. Turnout at the last general election was also low compared with turnout at the last parliamentary elections in other European Union countries. There is also evidence that a significant number of people in the UK are not registered to vote, with the most recent estimates indicating that the electoral register was between 85 and 87% complete. This would mean that approximately 6.5 million people are missing from the electoral register. In light of this, the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee agreed to conduct an inquiry into voter registration and turnout in the UK.
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates Hansard written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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