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

On Second Reading, the hon. Gentleman said:

“A lot of campaigning organisations, including the NCVO…receive a lot of money directly from the Government, and they are now spending that Government money lobbying the Government. That seems a terrible waste of public funds.”—[Official Report, 3 September 2013; Vol. 567, c. 236.]

First, that creates a somewhat misleading picture because obviously the majority of an organisation’s funds are not spent on lobbying the Government. Secondly, will he concede that he has a wider agenda on this?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
567 c913 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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