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

I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I did not want to throw cold water over the new clause. I want to reinforce his opening remarks about Northern Ireland. Since the Good Friday agreement 15 years ago, civil society in Northern Ireland has been able to participate willingly and openly in responding to Government proposals. A lot of that activity has been done by groups from different denominations and all communities in Northern Ireland working together. Those groups are extremely worried about the impact of part 2 on that activity because of the reductions and limitations on expenditure and because of the span of activities that will be caught by the Bill. I did not want to deter the hon. Gentleman from pursuing the new clause, but wanted clarification on the date that he wanted part 2 to be postponed until.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
568 c173 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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