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

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Department: Leader of the House

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

Christopher Pincher Excerpts
Tuesday 10th September 2013

(11 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Charlie Elphicke Portrait Charlie Elphicke
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I have considerable concerns about Shelter, which provides not shelter but advice and which is often engaged in campaigning that many Members would view as political.

Christopher Pincher Portrait Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con)
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Does my hon. Friend agree that, if a charity commissions an opinion poll that uses spurious or skewed data to publish a result that the charity then uses to suggest that one political party is good and another is bad, the use of taxpayers’ money in that enterprise would be wrong?

Charlie Elphicke Portrait Charlie Elphicke
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Yes, that would be wrong.