Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill Debate
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Andrew George
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Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill
Andrew George Excerpts(11 years, 2 months ago)
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Ian Murray
My hon. Friend tempts me to use unparliamentary language, but I will not go down that route. It is a fact that last night every single Lib Dem Member went into the Lobby with the Government to vote for part 2 and that it was only Conservative rebels who decided not to put up with the Bill. I think that is unfortunate.
Ian Murray
I will take one more intervention, but then I will have to make some progress.
Andrew George
I do not want to tempt the hon. Gentleman into using unparliamentary language, but he is factually incorrect. I do not wish to have yesterday’s debate about charities all over again, but the fact is that reassurances were given by the Government that there is a lot of work to be done, in which I hope we will all engage so that we can bring forward improvements on Report. I would have thought that we should all be working constructively towards that end.