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Trade Union Bill

I am grateful to the noble Lord. I have given some examples today, and we have done so in the past where the good practice in transparency that is found in some unions is not practised elsewhere. This provision, along with others in the Bill, seeks to address that using, as the noble Lord acknowledges, the existing regulator in the form of the Certification Officer to make sure that individual members always know what they are opting in to and what political funds are being spent on, because we think that that is the right thing to do.

I think that I have responded to the amendments, and I urge—

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769 c158 

Session

2015-16

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

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