This morning I emailed my MP, Craig Whittaker and asked him to read a new, independent report by the Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement on Part 2 of the gagging law.
The Report says that the gagging bill:
“does not meet any of the tests of good regulation.”
It also makes a number of recommendations about how the Bill can be fixed.
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Calderdale 38 Degrees is organising two handovers of the National 38 degrees petition against the Gagging Bill: one to Linda Riordan MP on 13th December 12.15 at Shaw Lodge. The other, to Craig Whittaker MP, took place on Sunday 8th December at 11am at Ripponden Market.
If the Gagging Bill becomes law, it will effectively outlaw civil society involvement in election campaigns and allow government to carry out a data grab on Trade Union membership – opening up the possibility of blacklisting union members.
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Please consider taking action now to stop the Coalition government from pushing through new laws that would further damage the NHS and restrict democratic freedoms. In a few minutes, you can:
As far as I can tell from Twitter #GaggingBill, the House of Commons is still debating the so-called “Transparency of Lobbying Bill” that will gag all kinds of groups and Trade Unions.
I’ve just tweeted Craig Whittaker MP to vote against it.
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