Committee on Trade Unions and Party Funding publishes call for evidence
29 January 2016
The House of Lords Select Committee on Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding, appointed to consider the impact of the Trade Union Bill in relation to the Committee on Standards in Public Life's report, Political Party Finance: ending the big donor culture, today publishes a call for evidence asking for the submission of written evidence by Friday 12 February.
- Call for evidence
- Submit written evidence
- Contact the Committee
- Trade Union Bill
- Report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life: Political Party Finance: ending the big donor culture
Clause 10 of the Trade Union Bill would mean trade unions could only collect contributions to their political funds from members who had actively opted in by written notice. Clause 11 would require trade unions to provide more information about their political expenditure, if it exceeds £2,000 a year, in their annual return to the Certification Officer.
The Committee, chaired by Lord Burns, are inviting evidence on the following two key questions:
- Will the Trade Union Bill have an impact on the finances of political parties?
- If so, how would that relate to the recommendations of the CSPL report and/or party funding reform?
Further information
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