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Commenting on the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution Report on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill published last Friday, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“This is the second all-party committee of Parliament to give the Lobbying Bill a good kicking.

“The continuing refusal of ministers to withdraw the Bill and start again with a proper process of consultation and a genuine aim to seek the widest possible agreement reveals the shabby partisan motives at its heart.

“The government has not even been able to say what exactly the problem is the Bill is meant to deal with. The only conclusion is that they want to use the law to gag people who disagree with them.”

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