Foreign Interference in UK Politics Debate
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Ellie Chowns
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Foreign Interference in UK Politics
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Samantha Dixon
I am not going to comment on individual Members without having notified them in advance, but I note my hon. Friend’s comments.
Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire) (Green)
I welcome that the Government have accepted all of the Rycroft review’s recommendations, but as Rycroft himself noted, his terms of reference did not enable him to look at all sources of distortion in our democracy. It does not just come from abroad. In a democracy, every voter’s voice should count equally, but it is clear that billionaires are buying influence. Why will the Minister not set a cap on all donations, so that we can eliminate the corrosive and corrupting influence of big money in our politics?
Samantha Dixon
As I have set out, the Government’s position is that there is a role for financial political donations that have been given in accordance with the rules, to enable British politics to flourish.