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<p> </p><p> </p><p>As I indicated in my answer of 13 September 2013, <em>Official
Report, </em>Column 884W, Ministers in this Department do not believe it is appropriate
for public resources to be used to support the collection and administration of membership
subscriptions and believe is an outdated and unnecessary 20<sup>th </sup>century practice.</p><p>
</p><p>It is also unsatisfactory that some trade unions collect the political levy
via check-off, but make no attempt to inform would-be members that the political levy
is optional, or even mention the right to opt out on their membership forms. It is
the view of Ministers that this is a misleading and dubious marketing practice through
omission.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that we are taking further steps to review such
practices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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