Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 129179 on Members: Finance, what is the policy of the Electoral Commission on the sharing of information and evidence with the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner where the Commission has reason to believe a political donation by a Hon Member has not been properly reported, but such information has not been provided by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner or House of Commons Registrar.

There is a Memorandum of Understanding between the Electoral Commission and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards which sets out the agreed administrative arrangements between the two bodies. Where the Electoral Commission has reasonable grounds to suspect that a regulated transaction has not been properly reported, and is making enquiries, it may as part of this work liaise with the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.