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

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?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
750 c1286 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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