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

Absolutely, which is why we should be addressing those issues in the Beecroft report, because they influence part 3 of the Bill. Perhaps Ministers, rather than chuntering from a sedentary position, might at last answer some of these questions when they come to the Dispatch Box.

I was talking about the lack of suitable consultation. As far as I am aware, the Government have still not published an impact or cost assessment for part 3 —[ Interruption. ] The Minister says that they have, but it was not there at 10.30 this morning. They did publish assessments for parts 1 and 2 back in July. In fact, the equality assessment states:

“A full impact assessment will be developed after, and informed by, a period of targeted consultation and engagement of a range of experts.”

But the Committee is debating this legislation before any of that work has been either completed or formally published.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
567 c990 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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