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House Of Commons Political And Constitutional Reform Committee The Governments Lobbying Bill Volume I Hc 601 I
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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215062352 Total Pages :52 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (623 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - Political and Constitutional Reform Committee: The Government's Lobbying Bill - Volume I: HC 601-I by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
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.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Publisher :Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215067845 Total Pages :43 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (678 download)
Book Synopsis The Government's lobbying Bill by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
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.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215062796 Total Pages :110 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (627 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - Political and Constitutional Reform Committee: House of Lords Reform: What Next? - HC 251 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
Download or read book House of Commons - Political and Constitutional Reform Committee: House of Lords Reform: What Next? - HC 251 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: House of Lords reform is a large and thorny issue on which it has proved very difficult to get political consensus. This inquiry focused on the incremental changes that could possibly be achieved outside the wider reforms that are doubtless required. Creating the power to remove Peers who have actually broken the law of the land and to remove persistent non-attendees will enjoy widespread support and would indicate that the unelected chamber was not opposed to sensible reform. Establishing a consensus about the principles that should determine the relative numerical strengths of the different party groups in the House of Lords, and for codifying such principles, is probably the most contentious of all the issues considered, but it is also the most crucial to any further progress. The Government and political parties in the Lords need to set out their positions on this matter and to engage in dialogue that will establish a consensus before the next General Election, so that both Houses can act upon an agreed reform
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780215073549 Total Pages :11 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (735 download)
Book Synopsis The Government's Lobbying Bill by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
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)
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215070401 Total Pages :40 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (74 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - Political and Constitutional Reform Committee: Parliament's Role in Conflict Decisions: A Way Forward - HC 892 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
Download or read book House of Commons - Political and Constitutional Reform Committee: Parliament's Role in Conflict Decisions: A Way Forward - HC 892 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee publishes its own draft parliamentary resolution setting out the process that should be followed to consult Parliament on conflict decisions, to serve as an interim step towards putting Parliament's role in war making decisions on a legal footing. The Committee has repeatedly called on Government to make progress on the Foreign Secretary's commitment in 2011 to "enshrine in law for the future the necessity of consulting Parliament on military action". The key points of the report are as follows: (1) The debate in the House of Commons on 29 August 2013 regarding Syria and the use of chemical weapons highlighted the important role Parliament plays in conflict decisions; (2) The Government needs to make a clear statement of how it intends to honour the Foreign Secretary's commitment of 2011, and give a specific Minister responsibility for making progress on this.; (3) A parliamentary resolution would serve as a useful interim step towards enshrining Parliament's role in law, by embedding the current convention and clarifying some of the ambiguities that exist under current arrangements.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780215064455 Total Pages :12 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (644 download)
Book Synopsis The Government's Lobbying Bill by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
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)
Author :Great Britain. Parliament House of Lords. Select Committee on the Constitutional Reform Bill [HL] Publisher :Stationery Office/Tso ISBN 13 :9780104004791 Total Pages :235 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (47 download)
Book Synopsis Constitutional Reform Bill : House Of Lords by : Great Britain. Parliament House of Lords. Select Committee on the Constitutional Reform Bill [HL]
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.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Constitution Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780108551390 Total Pages :12 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (513 download)
Book Synopsis House of Lords - Select Committee on the Constitution: Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill - HL 62 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Constitution
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
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Constitutional Reform Bill (HL) Publisher :Stationery Office/Tso ISBN 13 :9780104004784 Total Pages :478 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (47 download)
Book Synopsis Constitutional Reform Bill : House Of Lords by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Constitutional Reform Bill (HL)
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
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780108551383 Total Pages :60 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (513 download)
Book Synopsis 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 by : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
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
Book Synopsis Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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:
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215085817 Total Pages :33 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 1128 - The Work of the Committee in the 2010 Parliament by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
Download or read book HC 1128 - The Work of the Committee in the 2010 Parliament written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee was established in June 2010 to consider political and constitutional reform. Over the last five years the Committee has scrutinised the Government's substantial programme of political and constitutional reform - which included fixing the term of a Parliament, bringing forward proposals for recalling MPs, establishing a register of third party lobbyists and implementing Individual Electoral Registration. The establishment of a dedicated select committee to consider these matters has brought additional parliamentary scrutiny to a substantial part of the Government's programme. Should the next Government plan to take forward constitutional reform, a select committee be established to examine the Government's proposals, to keep the progress of any political and constitutional reform under regular review, and to continue the work this Committee has undertaken. The Committee has also highlighted the extent to which it has engaged the public with it's work through consultations and increased use of social media, online surveys and informal events. This public engagement is one of it's greatest innovations, and something which it encourages other committees to adopt in the future
Book Synopsis Money and Electoral Politics by : Johnston, Ron
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.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215073215 Total Pages :56 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 351 - Role and Powers of thePrime Minister by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
Download or read book HC 351 - Role and Powers of thePrime Minister written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the Prime Minister's powers are obscure "prerogative" powers, which are not well understood or defined. More of these prerogative powers should be codified in statute to make them more transparent and increase accountability to Parliament. Government should also consider consolidating the existing Prime Ministerial powers in one place - the way the role has evolved means there is no single and authoritative source of information on the powers. There is widespread agreement that the Prime Minister's role has increased in recent decades-including in policy making. Coalition government has to some extent constrained the powers of the Prime Minister but this might not persist under single-party government. The need for support by a majority of Members of Parliament and the Cabinet acts as a check and balance on the Prime Minister. However, these political mechanisms are not effective on a "day-to-day" basis. The Liaison Committee has the potential to be a very effective mechanism for Parliament to hold the Prime Minster to account, and should continue to improve the way it works. The Government should consider a role for Parliament in the investiture of the Prime Minister, or the Government, after a general election. Some consider that accountability of the Prime Minister would be strengthened by direct election by the public, US style. The Government could also consider the creation of a combined Department for the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, with a departmental Select Committee specifically to scrutinise that Department
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215072049 Total Pages :44 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 802 - Constitutional Role of the Judiciary if There Were a Codified Constitution by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
Download or read book HC 802 - Constitutional Role of the Judiciary if There Were a Codified Constitution written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is part of the Committee's ongoing work on a codified constitution for the UK. It discusses the constitutional role of the judiciary if there were a codified constitution. If the UK were to move towards a codified constitution, one way of addressing the question of what powers the judiciary should have if they held a piece of legislation to be unconstitutional, would be to introduce the concept of a "declaration of unconstitutionality". This could work in the same way as the declaration of incompatibility used under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 for situations in which UK legislation is held to be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Furthermore, if the UK were to adopt a codified constitution, there would be no need for a separate constitutional court. The Supreme Court could adjudicate on constitutional matters. It would be understandable if the judiciary were unwilling to comment on the contents of a codified constitution, but it would be important to find a way of hearing their views on the implications of the proposals once the general structure of the constitution had been agreed. If necessary, some of the discussion could take place under Chatham House rules. Retired members of the judiciary would also be likely to feel freer to offer their opinions than those still serving as judges
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :021507193X Total Pages :48 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 976 - Fixed-Term Parliaments: The Final Year of a Parliament by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
Download or read book HC 976 - Fixed-Term Parliaments: The Final Year of a Parliament written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the passage of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, the date of the next general election has been fixed by statute for 7 May 2015. Greater certainty about the date of the next general election has created a unique opportunity to consider how best this final year can be spent, and the Committee has heard that there is scope both to enhance the quality of public policy debate, and also to better prepare for the next Parliament. Key recommendations are: that this final year be used by the Government, Parliament and political parties to consider some of the long-term issues that will need to be addressed in the next Parliament; arrangements for pre-election contacts between the Civil Service and Opposition be formalised and authorised automatically in the final year of a Parliament, and that the Cabinet Manual should be updated to that effect; that parties work to develop a consensus, before the next general election, on how party policy could most effectively be costed ahead of future general elections - this would improve both policy formation and debate ahead of a general election. Achieving this will require active engagement from the Government, parliamentarians and political parties, and the Committee hopes they will all appreciate the potential for a constructive year ahead of the next general election, and support the recommendations.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :021508411X Total Pages :61 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 600 - What Next on the Redrawing of parliamentary Constituency Boundaries? by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
Download or read book HC 600 - What Next on the Redrawing of parliamentary Constituency Boundaries? written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 fundamentally changed the way in which reviews of parliamentary constituencies boundaries are conducted. The new rule requiring the electorate of all but four constituencies to be within 5% of the UK average number of electors for a constituency meant that the Boundary Commissions were unable to give adequate consideration to other factors. Although there is a case for the electorates of parliamentary constituencies to be more equal than is the case at present, the Boundary Commissions must be able to take a balanced approach to various considerations-including reflecting local ties and limiting disruption to existing constituencies. If no action is taken, the next boundary review will commence in early 2016. It is recommended that the rules be changed-including relaxing the 5% rule and reversing the reduction of the number of parliamentary constituencies to 600-ahead of the next boundary review. To achieve this, the next Government should make a statement no later than June 2015 on its policy on the rules for the distribution of parliamentary constituencies. This statement should respond to the recommendations set out in this report. The Government should in July 2015 publish a draft Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny and introduce a Bill in the autumn of 2015 to receive Royal Assent by early 2016.
