The Minister will remember our many conversations about this in Committee. He says that he is not opposed to electronic balloting in principle and he accepts that it might come in. We can see the Lords amendment before us and there are moves towards a pilot scheme. Electronic balloting is used by many organisations including the Law Society, many businesses and indeed the Conservative party for the purposes of the mayoral elections. Why not just do this now?
Trade Union Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Stephen Doughty
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 27 April 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Trade Union Bill.
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