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

The hon. Lady is not entirely accurate. If she were to trouble herself to look at the NCVO accounts, she would see that the largest contribution of non-allocated money—£500,000—is from the Government. When the NCVO spends unrestricted money on campaigning, there is a very good chance that it is Government money, which seems improper. I am well aware of the distinction between restricted and non-restricted money. Unfortunately, many Government grants are not sufficiently restricted and therefore can be used to lobby the Government. The hon. Member

for Bassetlaw (John Mann) challenged me on that—I am concerned about that too, but it is not the specific point I am making.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
567 c915 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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