Proceeding contribution from David Heath (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 4 December 2007. It occurred during Opposition day on Political Parties (Funding).
Political Parties (Funding)
That is where I do not understand what the right hon. Gentleman is saying. It is true that we found disgraceful abuses in the way that some unions administered their political funds, and we dealt with them in the negotiations. We asked people to go away and work on those problems: they came back with recommendations and, as a result, the proposals from Sir Hayden Phillips contain ways to deal with egregious abuses of the system. For example, unions will not be able to affiliate more members than they actually have, or pay over money that they have not received.
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- 468 c724
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- 2007-08
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Disclosure of information Finance Donors Political parties Political levy Trade unions Labour Scottish Labour Party Abrahams, David Harman, Baroness Alexander of Cleveden, Baroness
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