Will the Minister, during the reflective period, focus on the idea of something that suddenly becomes topical because the Government of the day introduce a Bill that does exactly the opposite of what the campaigning organisation wishes to achieve? He talked about “ratcheting up”, or increasing the volume. Surely that would be an inevitable part of campaigning if the organisation were suddenly faced with what it saw as a piece of hostile legislation. Would that organisation not then be able to campaign actively against the measure—although presumably, that is not something to which a Government who were anxious to encourage democracy would object?
Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Mallalieu
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 18 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.
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