Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 3:39 pm on 26 March 2012.
It affects the mysterious matter of affiliation fees. Theoretically, union members have the right to opt out of paying the political levy, except that people have to be very persistent to find out A—that there is a right to do it; B—how to do it; and C—that they will not save any money even if they do so.