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

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Tuesday 3rd September 2013

(11 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angela Eagle Portrait Ms Eagle
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My hon. Friend is right. The Bill can best be summed up as furious displacement activity by a Government who hope that the public will not notice their problems with lobbying.

Susan Elan Jones Portrait Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab)
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Many of us are firmly against the Bill, and civil society seems united in that view. Does my hon. Friend not accept that one of the most disgraceful things is that the Government are not allowing witnesses from civil society? If the Government are so convinced of their case, why will they not allow witnesses in the Bill’s proceedings?

Angela Eagle Portrait Ms Eagle
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I certainly agree wholeheartedly that the Bill is being rushed in a very unseemly manner through the House.

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