A Bill to make provision for the regulation of funding and expenditure of political parties; to make provision for the phased introduction of a cap on donations to political parties; to make provision for affiliation fees from trades unions and membership organisations to political parties to be counted as individual donations in prescribed circumstances; to make provision for the public funding of political parties; to make provision for the modification of rights of candidates and parties to election addresses; to make provision for limits on political parties’ expenditure between regulated periods; to confer powers on the Electoral Commission, and for connected purposes
House of Lords
9 October 2019
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This Bill would regulate how political parties are funded and how they spend money. It proposes phased caps on donations, counts certain union and membership fees as donations in specific cases, and could introduce public funding. It also tightens spending rules between regulated periods and gives the Electoral Commission additional powers.
Currently at the Lords’ second reading. The bill originated in the Lords and had its first reading in June 2017 and the second reading in October 2017.
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27 Jun 2017
27 Oct 2017
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 27 October.
The 2017-2019 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.