Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether Scottish Limited Liability Partnerships are deemed to be companies for the purposes of its guidance on corporate donations.

Limited Liability Partnerships which carry on business in the UK are permissible donors. Scottish limited partnerships are not permissible company donors. Permissible company donors must be registered under the Companies Act 2006. Scottish limited partnerships are registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907.

The Commission has previously recommended that the law be amended to clarify that Scottish limited partnerships are permissible donors.