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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 July 2025

Debate

Employment Rights Bill

Contribution

In earlier debates on 10 June, the noble Baroness, Lady Bousted, claimed that the information contained in the political fund was disclosed on union websites and elsewhere. That does not seem to be the case at all. In the interim period, I have looked at the websites of unions and I cannot find it. There is a requirement under Section 32A of the 1992 Act to disclose information to members, but it does not include information on specific payments from the political fund. It simply says “income and expenditure”. The Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, said in the debate at that time:

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