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	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons he declined the request of the Electoral Commission to publish the details of donations since January 2014 to political parties operating in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	2662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>I wrote to the political parties in January seeking their views on this issue and, while there was broad support for the future publication of donations and loans, only one party expressed support for backdating publication to 1 January 2014. Having considered the representations of the parties, I did not believe it right to impose retrospective regulations on those who donated in accordance with the rules set out in law at the time. The secondary legislation to give effect to full transparency which I propose would therefore apply to donations and loans received on or after 1 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 2666 question first answered 06/07/2017 16:39:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

747673

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons he did not make retrospective to January 2014 the end of anonymity for political donations to parties in Northern Ireland during his statement to the House of 3 July 2017; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	2666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>I wrote to the political parties in January seeking their views on this issue and, while there was broad support for the future publication of donations and loans, only one party expressed support for backdating publication to 1 January 2014. Having considered the representations of the parties, I did not believe it right to impose retrospective regulations on those who donated in accordance with the rules set out in law at the time. The secondary legislation to give effect to full transparency which I propose would therefore apply to donations and loans received on or after 1 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 2662 question first answered 06/07/2017 16:39:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

747671

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Conservative Party: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Conservative Party publishes details of the donations made since January 2014 to the Conservative Party operating in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	2665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The reporting of political donations and loans is overseen by the Electoral Commission. The Conservative Party is under an obligation to declare all reportable donations and loans to the Electoral Commission.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/07/2017 16:40:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon