My hon. Friend is quite right to raise those concerns. The upcoming referendum on independence in Scotland is just over a year away and will occur within 12 months of the next general election. A whole range of voluntary organisations in Scotland are already intending to make representations in that constitutional debate. Does he share my concern that they will get sucked into the issue of expenditure controls in the general election campaign, too?
Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Ann McKechin
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 10 September 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill.
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