Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)

Jeremy Lefroy Excerpts

Thursday 7th January 2016 Public Bill Committees

[Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con)]

I sat through the debates on the 2014 Act in the last Parliament and think that I know it fairly well. I will make two points. First, I have taken part in three general election campaigns, and I would say that the last one was no different from any other with regard to the representations put forward, particularly on the health service, which was of particular interest to my constituents. Secondly, since the general election I have not received one single representation from any charity about a so-called “chilling effect” on their work during the election campaign.