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Democratic Political Activity (Funding and Expenditure) Bill [HL]

A Bill to make provision for the regulation of funding and expenditure of political parties; to make provision for the phased introduction of a cap on donations to political parties; to make provision for affiliation fees from trades unions and membership organisations to political parties to be counted as individual donations in prescribed circumstances; to make provision for the public funding of political parties; to make provision for the modification of rights of candidates and parties to election addresses; to make provision for limits on political parties’ expenditure between regulated periods; to confer powers on the Electoral Commission, and for connected purposes

The story so farThe Democratic Political Activity (Funding and Expenditure) Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 27 June 2017 by Lord Tyler (Liberal Democrat). It is now at second reading in the House of Lords. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 9 Oct 2019.