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<p>I wrote to the Northern Ireland political parties and to the Electoral Commission
in January seeking their views on moving to full transparency and the date from which
transparency should take effect. While all parties that responded expressed broad
support for the future publication of donations and loans, only one party expressed
support for backdating publication to 1 January 2014. All responses are available
at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/brokenshire-provides-further-details-of-political-donations-policy-to-mps"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/brokenshire-provides-further-details-of-political-donations-policy-to-mps</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>Having considered the representations of the parties, I did not believe it
right or fair 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 will therefore apply to donations and loans received
on or after 1 July 2017.</p><p> </p>
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