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Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill

That is right.

In the run-up to general elections, voluntary organisations often send e-mails and letters asking people where they stand on certain subjects, and after receiving the answers they send another message to their supporters saying, “Well, candidate X stands for what we want and candidate Y stands against it. If you think this is a big issue, we advise you to vote for candidate X, not candidate Y.”

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
567 c878 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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