Is this not a fundamental threat to democracy? Let us take an English example. One party wants an extra runway at Heathrow. That is opposed by another party. If this is going through during an election year, surely campaigning groups should not be hindered in any way. They should have no curb on their election expenditure at all. It is a fundamental fact of democracy. They should be allowed to campaign.
Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Harries of Pentregarth
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 16 December 2013.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
750 c1068 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2013-12-17 16:17:39 +0000
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2013-12-16/13121624000028
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2013-12-16/13121624000028
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2013-12-16/13121624000028