Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in response to the recommendation of the Independent Review into Countering Foreign Financial Influence and Interference in UK Politics, published on 26 March, that they consider the recommendations made by the Law Commission on political finance laws with a view to improving the effectiveness and consistency of the law.

While we understand the calls for consolidation of electoral law, major reform would require careful consideration and an extensive amount of time. The Government’s immediate priority is the implementation of its manifesto commitments. A full-scale consolidation and simplification would require an in-depth review and modernisation alongside consolidation; to achieve this would be the job of more than one Parliament.