Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 119303
Political Parties: Finance
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the risks of impermissible donations being made through high-volume repeated do
Answer
Sir Jeremy WrightIndividual payments of £500 or less are not treated in law as a donation, so recipients are not required to identify the donor or check that they are a permissible source for donations.The Commission has highlighted that there are some existing safeguards...
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