In an earlier debate, our hon. Friend the Member for Bassetlaw (John Mann) raised with the Deputy Leader of the House, who is no longer in his place, the scenario in which charities would not be allowed to campaign in his constituency, yet political parties could spend £250,000 there, as they did, trying to undermine him and make him lose his seat. Is that not the real scandal of this Bill? It does nothing to address that concern. It will affect charities, who have a genuine right to lobby, but do nothing about such abuses of power.
Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Anderson
(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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