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Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab)
It is important that any money spent from the public purse is spent in a way that commands the confidence of the public. It is critical that processes are in place to monitor that spending and to make sure that it is used for the purposes it is there for. It is critical that it is properly and legally audited, so that we can all be assured of that. One of the big problems we have in the political world is an undermining of confidence in the political system. That is not helped when people do not have confidence in the financial systems that surround it. Those things are really important, and we continue to keep them under review.
Lord McLoughlin (Con)
If the Government consider making any changes to Short money, will the Minister make them retrospective for the last 10 years?
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab)
The allocation of Short money is beyond my ministerial brief, but all parties must think when they are in government about the proposals around Short money.