Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill Debate
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Susan Elan Jones
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Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill
Susan Elan Jones Excerpts(11 years ago)
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Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab)
Among the many anomalies in the Bill are the cross-border implications —England, Wales and Scotland. We can well envisage a situation in which the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Wales is campaigning on an issue and broadcast and print media could be received on the other side of the border. The RSPCA would say, “We’re from Wales and this area is devolved,” whereupon the response might be, “But it has an impact on the UK general election.”
Mr Speaker
Order. May I make the point that, I have noticed in my two spells chairing the debate, interventions have not decreased in length? If anything, they have tended to get longer. They need to be a little shorter.