Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 905919, which provisions in the Elections Bill strengthen the controls against ineligible foreign spending on electoral campaigning.

Part 4 of the Elections Bill will restrict all third-party campaigning at elections (above a £700 de minimis) to UK-based (or otherwise eligible) campaigners. This measure will work to stop ineligible foreign spending on electoral campaigning.