I just took part in an important survey, can you too? The House of Lords have started to debate the controversial gagging law. It’s a law that would mean ordinary people, campaigning groups and charities would be severely restricted in how they can campaign in the year before an election. The bill was rushed through the House of Commons at breakneck speed, without any of the normal public consultation, and although there was a big rebellion, it wasn’t enough to stop it. Everyone from the Royal British Legion to Oxfam has called for the government to stop and rethink the bill. With this in mind dozens of charities and campaign organisations set up an independent commission to do the research that the government should have done in the first place. It’s called ‘The Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement’ and it has been holding evidence sessions up and down the country listening to how the gagging law will affect a huge range of campaign organisations and charities. Now they want to hear from you too. Can you take 3 minutes to fill out a short survey telling the commissioners what you think about freedom of speech and campaigning: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/civil-society-commission-poll You don’t have to be an expert to answer any of the questions. You just need to tell the commission what you think.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:18:27 +0000
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