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454644

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to seek agreement on a comprehensive package of party funding reform, as outlined in the <i>Cabinet Office single departmental plan: 2015 to 2020</i>, and what cross-party discussions they are holding to that end.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL6394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>We remain committed to seeking a comprehensive cross-party reform agreement. No cross-party discussions are currently taking place.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL6290 question first answered 07/03/2016 17:36:22 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

454645

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their planned introduction of votes for life would also mean that British citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years could fund UK political parties.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL6395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>We will introduce a Bill in due course that will make these matters clear.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 09/03/2016 16:53:27 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

453588

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have to seek agreement on a comprehensive package of party funding reform, as set out in the <i>Cabinet Office Departmental Plan 2015–20</i> published on 19 February.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL6290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>We remain committed to seeking a comprehensive cross-party reform agreement. No cross-party discussions are currently taking place.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL6394 question first answered 07/03/2016 17:36:22 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

434114

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to introduce a limit on the size of personal, or company, donations to political parties.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL4233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>We remain committed to negotiating a comprehensive cross-party reform agreement, including donations from all funding sources including trade unions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 21/12/2015 12:46:51 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

389190

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how much Cranborne money will be given to (1) the Liberal Democrat Party, and (2) the Labour Party; and over what period of time.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL1376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The maximum amount of financial assistance available to opposition parties will be: £259,357 to the Liberal Democrat party in the period 8 May 2015 to 31 March 2016; and £577,871 to the Labour Party in the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016. The amount given may be less, depending on claims.</p><p>For each subsequent year, the maximum amount for the previous year is increased by the percentage (if any) by which the retail prices index for the previous March has increased compared with the index for the March before that, and (if the resulting amount is not a whole number of pounds) rounded to the nearest pound. The full-year equivalents on which the calculation will be based are £288,525 for the Liberal Democrat party and the amount set out above for the Labour party.</p><p>Financial assistance is available to assist the Opposition, the second largest opposition party and the Convenor of the Cross-Bench Peers in carrying out their Parliamentary business.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 20/07/2015 12:17:38 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

388487

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to allow British citizens living abroad to make donations for life to political parties in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>We will publish a Bill in due course that will make these matters clear.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 22/07/2015 15:12:23 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

388488

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the limits in force for donations to political parties.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to continue to seek agreement on a comprehensive package of party funding reform.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 21/07/2015 14:08:33 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark