House of Lords
3 July 2026
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House of Lords
01:08 - 01:15
Speaker 1
Second reading of the Lobbying Transparency (In-house Lobbyists) Bill, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town.
01:15 - 03:29
Speaker 2
My Lords, I beg to move that this bill is now read for a second time. I should make 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. British Heart Foundation and family groups provided the momentum for the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act.
Meanwhile, the ABI and other bodies wisely used their access to help rewrite the National Security Act 2023 to ensure that the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme was fit for purpose. The RAC's meeting with a minister about headlight glare resulted in a change of approach to this problem. And the Royal Osteoporosis Society will continue to meet ministers to ensure they keep their promise to have fracture liaison services available nationwide by the end of the decade. So lobbying is something legitimate, something I support, and something which is beneficial to how we make our laws.
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