A Bill to make provision for the regulation of funding and expenditure of political parties; for phased introduction of a cap on donations to political parties; for affiliation fees from trade unions and membership organisations to political parties to be counted as individual donations in prescribed circumstances; for public funding of political parties; for moderation of rights of candidates and parties to election addresses; for limits on political parties’ expenditure between regulated periods; for conferring powers on the Electoral Commission; and for connected purposes.
House of Lords
2 May 2017
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This Lords bill would change how political parties are funded and spend money. It would stage in a cap on donations, treat certain affiliation fees from trade unions and membership organisations as donations, introduce public funding for parties, and set rules to limit spending between election periods, with the Electoral Commission given powers to enforce the rules.
The bill has had its first and second readings in the Lords (first in 2016, second in 2017) and is currently at the 2nd reading stage in the Lords.
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6 Jun 2016
10 Mar 2017
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 10 March.
Committee stage - line by line examination of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2016-2017 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
