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Notices of Amendments: 26 February 2009                  

165

 

Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(b)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  13,  after ‘£25,000’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(c)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  23,  after ‘£500’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(d)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  60,  after ‘£7,500’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(e)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  72,  after ‘£7,500’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(f)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  84,  after ‘£7,500’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(g)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  90,  after ‘£500’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(h)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  92,  after ‘£7,500’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(i)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  94,  after ‘£7,500’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation

 

allowance’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 26 February 2009                  

166

 

Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(j)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  96,  after ‘£7,500’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(k)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  99,  after ‘£7,500’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(l)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  102,  after ‘£1,500’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

(m)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  104,  after ‘£7,500’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation

 

allowance’.

 


 

new clauses and amendments relating to clauses 8 and 9 and schedule 3

 

Mr Gordon Prentice

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Paul Flynn

 

David Taylor

 

Mr David Drew

 

Lynne Jones

 

Total signatories: 216

 

David Lepper

 

Sir Gerald Kaufman

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

Mr David Clelland

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Mr John Grogan

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Mrs Joan Humble

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

David Cairns

 

Mr Peter Hain

 

Mr Dai Davies

 

Mr Angus MacNeill

 

Paul Rowen

 

Mrs Louise Ellman

 

Dr Hywel Francis

 

Nigel Griffiths

 

Andrew Miller

 

Sandra Osborne

 

Kali Mountford

 

Lindsay Roy

 

Gwyn Prosser

 

David Wright

 

Mr Mike Hancock

 

Mr Mohammed Sarwar

 

Mr David Heath

 

Mr Adrian Sanders

 

Mr Phil Willis

 

John Mason

 

Mr David Crausby

 

Mr Fabian Hamilton

 

Mr Stephen Hepburn

 

Mr Jim Hood

 

Sarah Teather

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Adam Price

 

Joan Walley

 

Mrs Betty Williams

 

Dr Rudi Vis


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 26 February 2009                  

167

 

Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

Alan Keen

 

Mr Gordon Marsden

 

Mr Denis Murphy

 

Stephen Pound

 

Mr Andy Reed

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Mr Mark Todd

 

Paddy Tipping

 

Ms Dari Taylor

 

Mr Andrew Love

 

Tim Farron

 

Mr Jim McGovern

 

Michael Jabez Foster

 

John Cummings

 

84

 

Page  6,  line  4  [Clause  8],  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

In section 54 of the 2000 Act (permissible donors), in subsection 2(a), after

 

“register” there is inserted “who is resident in the United Kingdom for the

 

purposes of Part 14 of the Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3) and is not a non-domiciled

 

United Kingdom resident”.’.

 

Mr Gordon Prentice

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Paul Flynn

 

David Taylor

 

Mr David Drew

 

Lynne Jones

 

Total signatories: 216

 

David Lepper

 

Sir Gerald Kaufman

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

Mr David Clelland

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Mr John Grogan

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Mrs Joan Humble

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

David Cairns

 

Mr Peter Hain

 

Mr Dai Davies

 

Mr Angus MacNeill

 

Paul Rowen

 

Mrs Louise Ellman

 

Dr Hywel Francis

 

Nigel Griffiths

 

Andrew Miller

 

Sandra Osborne

 

Kali Mountford

 

Lindsay Roy

 

Gwyn Prosser

 

David Wright

 

Mr Mike Hancock

 

Mr Mohammed Sarwar

 

Mr David Heath

 

Mr Adrian Sanders

 

Mr Phil Willis

 

John Mason

 

Mr David Crausby

 

Mr Fabian Hamilton

 

Mr Stephen Hepburn

 

Mr Jim Hood

 

Sarah Teather

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Adam Price

 

Joan Walley

 

Mrs Betty Williams

 

Dr Rudi Vis

 

Alan Keen

 

Mr Gordon Marsden

 

Mr Denis Murphy

 

Stephen Pound

 

Mr Andy Reed

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Mr Mark Todd

 

Paddy Tipping

 

Ms Dari Taylor

 

Mr Andrew Love

 

Tim Farron

 

Mr Jim McGovern

 

Michael Jabez Foster

 

John Cummings

 

85

 

Page  6,  line  27  [Clause  8],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

A declaration under this section must also state that the person P is resident in the

 

United Kingdom for the purposes of Part 14 of the Income Tax Act 2007 and is

 

not a non-domiciled United Kingdom resident.’.

 


 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

115

 

Page  7,  line  18  [Clause  8],  leave out from ‘must’ to ‘either’ in line 20.

 



 
 

Notices of Amendments: 26 February 2009                  

168

 

Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

116

 

Page  39,  line  44  [Schedule  3],  leave out ‘and subsection (6) of that section’.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

117

 

Page  39,  line  46  [Schedule  3],  leave out ‘and sub-paragraph (6) of that paragraph

 

respectively’.

 


 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

118

 

Page  41,  line  21  [Schedule  3],  leave out from ‘must’ to ‘either’ in line 23.

 


 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

119

 

Page  43,  line  5  [Schedule  3],  leave out from ‘must’ to ‘either’ in line 7.

 


 

other new clauses relating to political donations and spending

 

£50,000 cap on donations

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Mr David Heath

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In section 54 of the 2000 Act, after subsection (1) there is inserted—

 

“(1A)    

A donation received by a registered party from a permissible donor must

 

not be accepted by the party in so far as the amount of that donation and

 

of any other donations accepted by the party from that donor during the

 

same calendar year exceeds £50,000.

 

(1B)    

Subsection (1A) does not apply to donations to which subsections (1) and

 

(2) of section 55 apply.”.

 

(2)    

In section 56 of the 2000 Act, after subsection (2) there is inserted—

 

“(2A)    

If a registered party receives a donation which it is prohibited from

 

accepting by virtue of section 54(1A), subsection (2) applies to that

 

donation only in so far as the amount of that donation and of any other


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 26 February 2009                  

169

 

Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

donations accepted by the party from that donor during the same calendar

 

year exceeds £50,000.”.

 

(3)    

In subsection 58(1)(a) of the 2000 Act, after “(b)”, there is inserted “or (1A)”’.

 


 

Donations by companies controlled by impermissible donors

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

David Howarth

 

Mr David Heath

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

NC5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A donation from a company controlled by an impermissible donor shall itself

 

count as not permissible for the purposes of the 2000 Act.

 

(2)    

A company shall count as controlled by an impermissible donor when—

 

(a)    

an impermissible donor, or any combination of impermissible donors,

 

owns 75 per cent. or more of the voting shares in the company;

 

(b)    

an impermissible donor acts as a shadow director of the company; or

 

(c)    

a majority of the board of directors of the company are impermissible

 

donors.

 

(3)    

“Impermissible donor” means—

 

(a)    

a donor who is not a permissible donor under the 2000 Act; or

 

(b)    

a company controlled by an impermissible donor.

 

(4)    

“Shadow director” has the same meaning as it has in section 251 of the

 

Companies Act 2006.’.

 


 

Local spending limit

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

David Howarth

 

Mr David Heath

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

NC6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

No registered political party may spend more than £300,000 in qualifying

 

expenditure in any individual parliamentary constituency in the 61 months

 

following a general election.

 

(2)    

If a by-election is held in a constituency, the limit mentioned in subsection (1)

 

shall be increased for that constituency by the relevant limit on election expenses

 

for by-elections in force at the time of the by-election.


 
 

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Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

(3)    

In this section “qualifying expenditure” has the same meaning as in section

 

[Qualifying expenditure].

 

(4)    

Where constituency boundaries change between one election and the next, the

 

Electoral Commission may apportion expenditure between constituencies in any

 

manner it thinks fit, provided that it has issued guidance on how it intends to make

 

such an apportionment.’.

 


 

Spending limits - power to vary

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

David Howarth

 

Mr David Heath

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

NC7

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Any spending limits in force by virtue of this Act may be varied by order.

 

(2)    

An order under this section may make different provision for the periods before

 

and after the following general election.

 

(3)    

No order may be laid under this section unless approved by the Electoral

 

Commission.

 

(4)    

Any order made under this section must be laid before and approved by a

 

resolution of each House of Parliament.’.

 


 

Treatment of contributions from trade union political funds

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

David Howarth

 

Mr David Heath

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

NC8

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The limit on donations established by section [£50,000 cap on donations] shall

 

apply to all expenditure out of trade union political funds unless all the conditions

 

of this section have been fulfilled with regard to the expenditure in question.

 

(2)    

The conditions are—

 

(a)    

the expenditure consists entirely of money contributed directly to the

 

funds of a political party;

 

(b)    

the expenditure consists entirely of an amount paid to a political party on

 

the basis of muliplying the number of members who are contributors to

 

the union’s political fund, or a proportion of those members (not


 
 

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Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

exceeding 100 per cent. for any single party or any combination of

 

parties), by a certain sum;

 

(c)    

the sum referred to in (b) is less than the limit set by section [Cap on

 

donations];

 

(d)    

the consent has been obtained either of all the members who are

 

contributors to the fund, or, where the basis of the calculation of the sum

 

expended is a proportion of those members, of at least the relevant

 

proportion of the members, for the expenditure concerned.

 

(3)    

A member of a union who contributes to the political fund shall be deemed to

 

have consented for the purposes of subsection (2) if all the following conditions

 

have been satisfied—

 

(a)    

the member was afforded during the 12 months preceding the relevant

 

expenditure a reasonable opportunity to be exempted from contributing

 

to the political fund of the union;

 

(b)    

the union has, during the 12 months preceding the relevant expenditure,

 

made reasonable efforts to acquaint all members who contribute to the

 

political fund with—

 

(i)    

the nature of a political fund;

 

(ii)    

the expenditure made by the union out of the political fund in the

 

previous five years, including the identity of any political parties

 

to which payments have been made out of the political fund;

 

(iii)    

the right of members to be exempt from paying contributions to

 

the fund; and

 

(iv)    

the nature of any expenditure out of the fund that the union

 

intends or reasonably expects to make in the following 12

 

months.

 

(4)    

The Electoral Commission may issue guidelines and model communications

 

about—

 

(a)    

the requirement mentioned in subsection (3)(a); and

 

(b)    

the conditions mentioned in subsection (3)(b).

 

(5)    

Compliance with guidelines or use of model communications issued under this

 

subsection shall be deemed to be compliance with the relevant aspects of this

 

section.

 

(6)    

No more than one payment under subsection (1) may be made in any one calendar

 

year, but the payment may be calculated on an annual basis and paid in

 

instalments.

 


 

House of Commons communications allowance to count as qualifying expenditure

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

NC9

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Money paid out of the House of Commons Communications Allowance to

 

Members of Parliament who represent a registered party shall count as qualifying

 

expenditure of that party for the purposes of section [National spending limit],

 

notwithstanding any restriction on the use of that allowance for party political


 
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