Member

I will now speak to Clause 77 and the opposition to it from the noble Lords, Lord Sharpe and Lord Hunt. Clause 77 is intended to repeal amendments made to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act and thereby remove the requirement for trade unions to include specific information about their political expenditure on their annual return to the certification officer. Currently, this information must be provided where a union spends more than £2,000 per annum from its political fund. Subsection (2) removes Section 32ZB from the 1992 Act, which outlines the information that needs to be included in the trade union’s annual return on political expenditure. Other subsections make further amendments to the 1992 Act that are consequential on the removal of Section 32ZB, such as its enforcement and application to employers’ associations.