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3 July 2026

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Peers set out the case for extending the 2014 lobbying register to in‑house lobbyists and other high‑impact actors, comparing UK rules with EU and Scottish regimes, linking recent scandals to structural gaps, and debating scope, proportionality, sanctions and wider ethics and foreign‑influence concerns. The debate highlights cross‑party support for a more comprehensive, real‑time transparency framework while probing how far new duties should apply to smaller organisations, constituency work and informal interactions.

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Lobbying transparency Bill — peers’ case for reform

36:51

Bill sponsor’s case and initial opposition concerns

36:51

Bill introduction — case for wider lobbying transparency

36:51

Second reading opened — pro-lobbying context

36:51

Problem definition — hidden 95% of in‑house lobbying

39:58

Bill proposal — extending the lobbying register

43:06

Opposition concerns — scope, burdens and enforcement

44:57

Opposition response — transparency welcomed, scope questioned

44:57

Administrative burdens and £1,000 annual fee concerns

47:53

Opposition peer — sanctions, registrar capacity and fees

50:50

Supportive peers — arguments for broad UK transparency model

52:27

Supportive peers — legitimacy of lobbying and register gaps

52:27

Supportive peer — transparency principle and existing gaps

52:27

Science sector lobbying experience — case for wider register

56:09

Former Minister — 2014 Act design and EU comparison

01:00:34

Former Minister — 2014 Act rationale and EU comparison

01:00:34

Former Minister — limits of 2014 Act and EU model

01:04:25

Supportive peer — democratic role of lobbying and system reform

01:07:58

Supportive peer — democratic value of lobbying and current anomaly

01:07:58

Supportive peer — improving transparency data and registrar remit

01:11:59

Structural trust deficit and transparency model

01:15:47

Baroness Bennett — trust deficit, scandals and loopholes

01:15:47

Baroness Bennett — trust deficit and bias towards big interests

01:15:47

Baroness Bennett — scandals, loopholes and disclosure quality

01:18:56

Peers — limits of 2014 Act and alternative transparency model

01:22:13

Pro‑business peer — unintended effects on minister–business contacts

01:22:13

Peer — flaws of 2014 Act and rationale for extending scope

01:26:18

Peer — publish lobbying representations at point of policy

01:29:27

Peers — case for extending lobbying transparency regime

01:32:17

Peers — case to extend lobbying register

01:32:17

Supportive peer — Ethics and Integrity review and need to cover in‑house lobbyists

01:32:17

Peer example — small innovative firm lobbying

01:35:27

Peer — link to foreign influence and need for active oversight

01:39:08

Cross-party backing and request for government support

01:44:42

Former bill sponsor — 2016 Lords push and call for government backing

01:44:42

Lord Empey — support for reform and appeal for government time

01:48:03

Lord Hayward — corporate hospitality, lawyers and SME burden

01:51:57

Peers’ perspectives on extending lobbying transparency

01:55:31

Supportive peer — ‘back-to-front’ regime and case for double transparency

01:55:31

Lord Shinkwin — in‑house charity lobbying and trust

02:03:13

Conservative front bench — overbroad definition and everyday scenarios

02:09:02

Government stance and outcome on Lobbying transparency Bill

02:13:32

Lobbying Act reform — Ministerial position and options

02:13:32

Minister — Ethics review and options for lobbying reform

02:13:32

Minister — unfinished business and Ethics & Integrity review

02:13:32

Minister — who bears transparency duties and defining ‘lobbyist’

02:18:12

Minister — subject‑matter disclosure, VAT and exemptions

02:22:25

Lobbying transparency Bill — cross-party support and second reading agreed

02:26:33

Baroness Hayter — extending lobbying transparency and securing passage of the Bill

02:26:33

Baroness Hayter — broad support and rebuttal of cost concerns

02:26:33

Baroness Hayter — defining lobbying versus informal contact

02:29:31

Exchange with Baroness Finn — trust in democracy and scope of reform

02:32:16

Lobbying Bill — second reading agreed and committal

02:35:22

Nature’s Rights Bill — introduction and government stance

02:36:31

Nature’s Rights Bill — crisis, legal design and global context

02:36:31

Nature’s Rights Bill — biodiversity crisis and legal foundations

02:36:31

Baroness Bennett — biodiversity crisis and limits of current law

02:36:31

Philosophical basis — rights of nature paradigm

02:40:33

Bill architecture — duties, institutions and enforcement

02:42:56

Global rights‑of‑nature context and Labour challenge

02:44:46

International precedents — global spread of rights of nature

02:44:46

Complementarity with ecocide, river rights and Labour policy

02:46:41

Government response and supporters’ framing of Nature’s Rights Bill

02:50:11

Front bench response and initial positions on Nature’s Rights Bill

02:50:11

Conservative front bench — Environment Act versus Nature’s Rights Bill

02:50:11

Supportive peer — global biodiversity loss and case for urgency

02:58:37

Peer critique — theological framing of nature’s rights

03:03:07

Peer critique — legal incoherence and arbitrary adjudication risks

03:06:57

Climate–nature emergency framing and practical duties to nature

03:11:56

Plaid Cymru peer — emergency context and principle of nature’s rights

03:11:56

Plaid Cymru peer — link to Welsh future generations model

03:16:00

Supportive peer — duties to nature and hare close season

03:18:17

Supportive peer — government commitments, delay and practical reform

03:20:59

Rights of Nature — peers’ concerns and ministerial stance

03:24:03

Rights of nature — conceptual basis and peers’ concerns

03:24:03

Conceptual foundations and international experience on nature’s rights

03:24:03

Lord Winston — conceptual and medical critique of nature’s rights

03:24:03

Liberal Democrat peer — Ecuador precedent and scientific basis

03:26:14

Liberal Democrat peer — human rights, repression and SLAPPs

03:29:18

Peers’ critiques — local action, economy and governance risks

03:31:56

Liberal Democrat peer — river campaigns, local action and enforcement gaps

03:31:56

Opposition front bench — economic risks and new governance bodies

03:36:14

Nature’s Rights Bill — ministerial objections and passage

03:44:26

Minister — government framework and constitutional objections

03:44:26

Minister — government’s Environment Act framework as alternative

03:44:26

Minister — constitutional objections and litigation concerns

03:49:26

Minister — human right to healthy environment and rejection of bill

03:53:55

Nature’s Rights Bill — ministerial reply and passage

03:55:03

Baroness Bennett — response to Minister and peers

03:55:03

Nature’s Rights Bill — second reading agreed and committal

04:04:05

Burial Space Bill — purpose and government stance

04:05:08

Burial Space Bill — purpose, debate and government response

04:05:08

Bill introduction and burial capacity context

04:05:08

Lord Magid — purpose of Local Plans (Burial Space) Bill

04:05:08

Viscount-style intervention — historical context and burial space pressures

04:11:28

Reuse of graves and local authority resource implications

04:20:03

Proposal — maximise reuse of existing churchyards

04:20:03

Opposition front bench — support in principle, funding and reuse concerns

04:25:35

Government position, planning framework and closing remarks

04:31:18

Minister — NPPF framework, local discretion and Law Commission link

04:31:18

Bill sponsor — cross‑party consensus on problem, route to solution

04:41:35

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House of Lords

3 July 2026

Fri, 3 Jul 2026 Actual start 09:30 House of Lords

36:50 - 36:58

Speaker 2

Second reading of the Lobbying Transparency (In-house Lobbyists) Bill, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town.

36:58 - 38:17

Speaker 1

My Lords, I beg to move that this bill is now read for a second time.

I should make it clear at the outset that I am pro-lobbying. How could I not be, given how much I've done in my time? Indeed, in the Lords, I think it's been particularly helpful. We don't have constituents to inform us of what needs doing or not doing by a government.

So it's really good that we hear from those with a particular interest or knowledge to be able to bring their way to Westminster and bringing to us their lived experience and the legitimate aims of their needs of their sector, their company, or indeed their beneficiaries into the public forum, to our actual or metaphorical peers' lobby. And we've seen laws changed for the better by effective lobbying. The NSPCC and children's charities helped achieve the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. The British Lung Foundation's work on banning smoking in cars carrying children led to the Smoke-free Private Vehicles Regulations 2015. And pressure on ministers by the Samaritans and others helped create the 2023 Online Safety Act.

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