Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 provides for a statutory register of consultant lobbyists. I have made an order to commence the provisions necessary to bring the register into effect on 1 April.

From 1 April, organisations and individuals that engage...

Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 provides for a statutory register of consultant lobbyists. I have made an order to commence the provisions necessary to bring the register into effect on 1 April.

From 1 April, organisations and individuals that engage...

My Honourable friend the Minister for the Constitution (Sam Gyimah) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 provides for a statutory register of consultant lobbyists. I have made an order to commence the provisions necessary...

My Honourable friend the Minister for the Constitution (Sam Gyimah) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 provides for a statutory register of consultant lobbyists. I have made an order to commence the provisions necessary...

The following statement was incorrectly made by Lord Wallace of Tankerness and not Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

My Honourable friend the Minister for the Constitution (Sam Gyimah) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 provides for...

The following statement was incorrectly made by Lord Wallace of Tankerness and not Lord Wallace of Saltaire:

My Honourable friend the Minister for the Constitution (Sam Gyimah) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 provides for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-NHS providers have registered with the Care Quality Commission in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-NHS providers have registered with the Care Quality Commission in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide funding to the Nursing and Midwifery Council to enable it to avoid increasing annual registration fees for registered nurses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide funding to the Nursing and Midwifery Council to enable it to avoid increasing annual registration fees for registered nurses.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new cars the United Kingdom registered in (1) 2013, and (2) 2014, by (a) country of destination, and (b) marque.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new cars the United Kingdom registered in (1) 2013, and (2) 2014, by (a) country of destination, and (b) marque.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have registered interest on the Pension Wise website in receiving (a) telephone or (b) face-to-face advice.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have registered interest on the Pension Wise website in receiving (a) telephone or (b) face-to-face advice.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they or the Pensions Regulator have received about the operation of the Pensions Regulator internet portal for the registration of contacts for the automatic enrolment of employees into workplace pensions, in particular in relation to problems with the login details supplied to employers;...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they or the Pensions Regulator have received about the operation of the Pensions Regulator internet portal for the registration of contacts for the automatic enrolment of employees into workplace pensions, in particular in relation to problems with the login details supplied to employers;...

Lords motion to agree the third report from the Privileges and Conduct Select Committee on Amendments to the Code of Conduct and the Guide to the Code; Redaction of written evidence to defunct select committees (HL 143), Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to agree the third report from the Privileges and Conduct Select Committee on Amendments to the Code of Conduct and the Guide to the Code; Redaction of written evidence to defunct select committees (HL 143), Agreed to on question.

My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. The third report from the Committee for Privileges and Conduct recommends various amendments to the Code of Conduct and the guide to the code, and one other change. If these amendments are agreed, the...

My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. The third report from the Committee for Privileges and Conduct recommends various amendments to the Code of Conduct and the guide to the code, and one other change. If these amendments are agreed, the...

My Lords, I should like to ask the Chairman of Committees a question on the first of the proposals in relation to the committee considering sanctions against Members. Paragraph 2 of the report states:

“We believe that in rare circumstances it may be appropriate for the Committee for Privileges and Conduct...

My Lords, I should like to ask the Chairman of Committees a question on the first of the proposals in relation to the committee considering sanctions against Members. Paragraph 2 of the report states:

“We believe that in rare circumstances it may be appropriate for the Committee for Privileges and Conduct...

I am very grateful to the noble Lord for raising that issue. It is important to clarify this matter. The committee saw this as being in exceptionally rare circumstances. It would be a very occasional route to take in very specific circumstances. I have been Chairman of Committees for more...

I am very grateful to the noble Lord for raising that issue. It is important to clarify this matter. The committee saw this as being in exceptionally rare circumstances. It would be a very occasional route to take in very specific circumstances. I have been Chairman of Committees for more...

I am sorry to follow this up, but in that case should something not be said in the actual amendment to that effect?

I am sorry to follow this up, but in that case should something not be said in the actual amendment to that effect?

I hope that my clarification today will be sufficient, but we will look at it to see whether it would help to put it in the amendment.

I hope that my clarification today will be sufficient, but we will look at it to see whether it would help to put it in the amendment.

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the e-petition relating to proposed increase in fees for nurses and midwives.

It is a great privilege to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Havard. I thank hon. Members for coming to this serious debate, and I thank my colleagues on the Backbench...

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the e-petition relating to proposed increase in fees for nurses and midwives.

It is a great privilege to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Havard. I thank hon. Members for coming to this serious debate, and I thank my colleagues on the Backbench...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does he agree that there is an urgent need for the Government to enter discussions with the Nursing and Midwifery Council with a view to reducing fees, in order to sustain the profession and keep people in it?

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does he agree that there is an urgent need for the Government to enter discussions with the Nursing and Midwifery Council with a view to reducing fees, in order to sustain the profession and keep people in it?