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Government attempts to force through a controversial lobbying Bill were dealt another blow yesterday when a joint committee of MPs and peers said it should not progress in its current form.
The government has already been forced to make a number of amendments to the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill following a mauling by MPs.
And the Bill has been roundly condemned by unions and charities which accuse the government of attempting to gag them.
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
DANIEL GOVER considers the procedural complexities awaiting a Private Member’s Bill in its passage through Commons and Lords