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House of Lords Official Report Vol. 783 Tuesday No. 6 27 June 2017 PARLIAMENTARYDEBATES (HANSARD) HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICIAL REPORT ORDEROFBUSINESS Questions Civil Society and the Democratic Process...............................................................................................................285 Fire Safety: Lakanal House Fire.............................................................................................................................288 Brexit: Nursing Staff...............................................................................................................................................290 Southern Rail: Gibb Report....................................................................................................................................293 Space Industry Bill [HL] First Reading ...........................................................................................................................................................296 Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill [HL] First Reading ...........................................................................................................................................................296 Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) (Disabled Access) Bill [HL] First Reading ...........................................................................................................................................................296 Democratic Political Activity (Funding and Expenditure) Bill [HL] First Reading ...........................................................................................................................................................297 Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill [HL] First Reading ...........................................................................................................................................................297 Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL] First Reading ...........................................................................................................................................................297 Deputy Chairmen of Committees ...............................................................................................................................297 House of Lords Commission.......................................................................................................................................297 Communications..........................................................................................................................................................297 Constitution.................................................................................................................................................................297 Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform ..................................................................................................................298 Economic Affairs.........................................................................................................................................................298 European Union ..........................................................................................................................................................298 Finance ........................................................................................................................................................................298 Hybrid Instruments .....................................................................................................................................................298 International Relations ................................................................................................................................................298 Liaison.........................................................................................................................................................................298 Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)...........................................................................................298 Privileges and Conduct................................................................................................................................................298 Procedure.....................................................................................................................................................................298 Science and Technology...............................................................................................................................................298 Secondary Legislation Scrutiny ...................................................................................................................................298 Services ........................................................................................................................................................................298 Standing Orders (Private Bills) ....................................................................................................................................298 Membership Motions Artificial Intelligence Citizenship and Civic Engagement Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Political Polling and Digital Media Motions to Approve .................................................................................................................................................307 NHS: Shared Business Services Statement ................................................................................................................................................................308 Queen’s Speech (4th Day)...............................................................................................................................................................312 Lords wishing to be supplied with these Daily Reports should give notice to this effect to the Printed Paper Office. No proofs of Daily Reports are provided. Corrections for the bound volume which Lords wish to suggest to the report of their speeches should be clearly indicated in a copy of the Daily Report, which, with the column numbers concerned shown on the front cover, should be sent to the Editor of Debates, House of Lords, within 14 days of the date of the Daily Report. This issue of the Official Report is also available on the Internet at https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2017-06-27 The first time a Member speaks to a new piece of parliamentary business, the following abbreviations are used to show their party affiliation: Abbreviation Party/Group CB Cross Bench Con Conservative DUP Democratic Unionist Party GP Green Party Ind Lab Independent Labour Ind LD Independent Liberal Democrat Ind SD Independent Social Democrat Ind UU Independent Ulster Unionist Lab Labour LD Liberal Democrat LD Ind Liberal Democrat Independent Non-afl Non-affiliated PC Plaid Cymru UKIP UK Independence Party UUP Ulster Unionist Party No party affiliation is given for Members serving the House in a formal capacity, the Lords spiritual, Members on leave of absence or Members who are otherwise disqualified from sitting in the House. © Parliamentary Copyright House of Lords 2017, this publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 285 Oaths and Affirmations[27 JUNE 2017] Civil Society/Democratic Process 286 House of Lords has just mentioned, and on the other, maintaining the integrity of the electoral process by having transparency Tuesday 27 June 2017 on expenditure. 2.30 pm Lord Lansley (Con): My Lords, does my noble friend agree that there is no legal bar to an organisation Prayers—read by the Lord Bishop of Peterborough. campaigning at a general or other election as long as, if it is a charity, it is consistent with its charitable objectives? However,it is right that it should be transparent Oaths and Affirmations about that by registering to do so with the Electoral Commission. 2.35 pm Lord Young of Cookham: I am grateful to my noble Several noble Lords took the oath or made the solemn friend, who piloted the relevant legislation through the affirmation, and signed an undertaking to abide by the other place. During those debates he made the point Code of Conduct. that the boundary between what you could and could not do has not changed. What we did was insist on transparency and accountability. Therefore, if charities Civil Society and the Democratic Process or civil society organisations want to engage in certain Question activities during a campaign, they have to register and declare their expenditure. 2.40 pm Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab): I am glad Asked by Lord Rooker that the noble Lord has raised the question of transparency. During the referendum, the DUP spent To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they £250,000 on the leave side, but because of the rules in intend to bring forward amendments to legislation Northern Ireland it does not have to declare the source to ensure that civil society plays a meaningful role of that income. We do not know who funded that. On in the democratic process. behalf of my noble friend Lord Kennedy and I, I asked for a meeting with the chief executive of the Lord Young of Cookham (Con): My Lords, the rules Electoral Commission about this serious matter, but for third-party campaigning are set out in the Political she has declined to meet us. Can the Minister tell us Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. The law what plans
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