General Elections: Party-political Spending Debate
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Lord Harries of Pentregarth
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General Elections: Party-political Spending
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Baroness Penn (Con)
My Lords, I believe that as a result of the debates on that Act the Government took forward a commitment to ensure information sharing between the police and other relevant authorities with a view to finding a way to improve that process. The sharing of information could improve the ability of relevant authorities to identify any individuals making or facilitating donations from foreign powers and sanction them. We have a commitment to report back to Parliament next year on that work.
Lord Harries of Pentregarth (CB)
In recent elections there has been concern on the part of non-political campaigning organisations about the limits on their expenditure. Have the Government reviewed what non-political campaigning groups are able to spend at election time?
Baroness Penn (Con)
I believe that the rules regarding third-party campaigning organisations will also be uprated as part of this work.