Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2026 to Question 21251 on Members’ Interests: Registration, whether the Electoral Commission has issued guidance on whether (a) donations and (b) gifts which are registrable interests received by newly elected hon. Members in the 12 months before their election must be from permissible sources.

The Commission publishes guidance on donations to Members of Parliament. Donations over £50 that are given towards the candidate’s spending during the candidate regulated period must be from a permissible source. Controls on donations to elected office holders only apply once an individual has been elected.