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Report Stage Proceedings: 2 March 2009                  

41

 

Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

association (and references to gifts received by an unincorporated

240

association are to be read accordingly).

 

      (3)  

Regulations made by the Secretary of State may—

 

(a)    

make provision as to things that are, or are not, to be

 

regarded as gifts to unincorporated associations for the

 

purposes of this Schedule;

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(b)    

make provision as to how the value of a gift to an

 

unincorporated association is to be calculated for the

 

purposes of this Schedule.

 

      (4)  

Provision made under sub-paragraph (3)(a) may, in particular,

 

provide for a person to be treated as making a gift where that

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person—

 

(a)    

pays expenses incurred by another;

 

(b)    

provides any property, services or facilities for the use or

 

benefit of another otherwise than on commercial terms;

 

(c)    

transfers any money or other property for a consideration

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that is worth less than what is transferred (or for no

 

consideration).”’.

 

As Amendments to Secretary Jack Straw’s proposed New Schedule (Reports of gifts

 

received by unincorporated associations making donations) (NS1):—

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (a)

 

Line  9,  after ‘£25,000’, insert ‘plus an annual upwards-only indexation

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (b)

 

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

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (c)

 

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

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (d)

 

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

 

allowance’.


 
 

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Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (e)

 

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

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (f)

 

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

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (g)

 

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

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (h)

 

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

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (i)

 

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

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (j)

 

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

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (k)

 

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

 

allowance’.

 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (l)

 

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

 

allowance’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 2 March 2009                  

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Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Francis Maude

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  (m)

 

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

 

Mr Jim Devine

 

Harry Cohen

 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Graham Stringer

 

Mr Eric Martlew

 

Mr Anthony Wright

 

Mr Michael Clapham

 

Nick Ainger

 

Dr Desmond Turner

 

Bob Spink

 

Mr Brian H. Donohoe

 

Mr Neil Gerrard

 

Mr Brian Jenkins

 

Mr Ian Davidson

 

Mr Marsha Singh

 

Mr Eric Illsley

 

Paul Farrelly

 

Colin Burgon

 

Mr Lindsay Hoyle

 

Mr Bill Olner

 

Ms Katy Clark

 

Alan Simpson

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Julie Morgan

 

Mike Gapes

 

Mr Elfyn Llywd

 

Roger Berry

 

Mr Michael Meacher

 

Dr Doug Naysmith

 

Sir Peter Soulsby

 

Pete Wishart

 

Colin Challen

 

Keith Hill

 

Mr Dennis Skinner

 

Mr Ken Purchase

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Mr David Chaytor

 

John Austin

 

Mark Lazarowicz

 

Michael Connarty

 

Mr Chris Mullin

 

Mr Frank Field

 

Mr Peter Kilfoyle

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Mike Wood

 

Ms Diane Abbott

 

Mr Martin Caton

 

Mrs Ann Cryer

 

Mr Terry Rooney

 

David Heyes

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Mr David Hamilton

 

Eric Joyce

 

Dr Phyllis Starkey

 

John Mann

 

Ann Clwyd

 

Mr Denis MacShane

 

Mr Virenda Sharma

 

John McDonnell

 

Mr Alan Meale

 

Dr Tony Wright

 

Jim Cousins

 

Andrew Mackinlay

 

Mr Paul Truswell

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Martin Linton

 

Mr David Kidney

 

Mr Edward O’Hara

 

Jim Sheridan

 

Gordon Banks

 

Ms Gisela Stuart

 

Mr Greg Pope

 

Jon Cruddas

 

Mark Fisher

 

Dr Ian Gibson

 

Charlotte Atkins

 

Tom Levitt

 

Mr Martyn Jones

 

Chris Ruane

 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Chris McCafferty

 

Frank Dobson

 

John Battle

 

Mr Robert N Wareing

 

Mr David Winnick

 

Dr Howard Stoate

 

Derek Wyatt

 

Albert Owen

 

Shona McIsaac

 

Mr Bob Laxton

 

Mary Creagh

 

Mrs Madeleine Moon

 

John Robertson

 

Linda Gilroy

 

Rob Marris

 

Dr Richard Taylor

 

Joan Ryan

 

Mrs Linda Riordan

 

Ms Angela C Smith

 

Dr Ashok Kumar

 

Mr David Anderson

 

Mr Robert Flello


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 2 March 2009                  

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Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

Mr John Heppell

 

Andrew Gwynne

 

Mrs Janet Dean

 

Glenda Jackson

 

Mr Dai Harvard

 

Mr Elliot Morley

 

Ian Stewart

 

Tony Lloyd

 

Bill Etherington

 

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

 

Miss Ann Begg

 

Jim Dowd

 

Clare Short

 

Emily Thornbury

 

Derek Twigg

 

Mr David S. Borrow

 

Hywel Williams

 

Natascha Engel

 

Mr Tom Harris

 

Derek Twigg

 

Ben Chapman

 

David Howarth

 

Norman Baker

 

Tom Brake

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

Lorely Burt

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Mr Don Foster

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Nick Harvey

 

John Hemming

 

Paul Holmes

 

Simon Hughes

 

Chris Huhne

 

Mark Hunter

 

Susan Kramer

 

Mr David Laws

 

Mr Michael Moore

 

Greg Mulholland

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Willie Rennie

 

Dan Rogerson

 

Bob Russell

 

Andrew Stunell

 

Jo Swinson

 

Matthew Taylor

 

John Thurso

 

Steve Webb

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Richard Younger-Ross

 

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

 

Not called  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

 

Mr Jim Devine

 

Harry Cohen

 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Graham Stringer

 

Mr Eric Martlew

 

Mr Anthony Wright

 

Mr Michael Clapham

 

Nick Ainger

 

Dr Desmond Turner

 

Bob Spink

 

Mr Brian H. Donohoe

 

Mr Neil Gerrard

 

Mr Brian Jenkins

 

Mr Ian Davidson

 

Mr Marsha Singh


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 2 March 2009                  

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Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Eric Illsley

 

Paul Farrelly

 

Colin Burgon

 

Mr Lindsay Hoyle

 

Mr Bill Olner

 

Ms Katy Clark

 

Alan Simpson

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Julie Morgan

 

Mike Gapes

 

Mr Elfyn Llywd

 

Roger Berry

 

Mr Michael Meacher

 

Dr Doug Naysmith

 

Sir Peter Soulsby

 

Pete Wishart

 

Colin Challen

 

Keith Hill

 

Mr Dennis Skinner

 

Mr Ken Purchase

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Mr David Chaytor

 

John Austin

 

Mark Lazarowicz

 

Michael Connarty

 

Mr Chris Mullin

 

Mr Frank Field

 

Mr Peter Kilfoyle

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Mike Wood

 

Ms Diane Abbott

 

Mr Martin Caton

 

Mrs Ann Cryer

 

Mr Terry Rooney

 

David Heyes

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Mr David Hamilton

 

Eric Joyce

 

Dr Phyllis Starkey

 

John Mann

 

Ann Clwyd

 

Mr Denis MacShane

 

Mr Virenda Sharma

 

John McDonnell

 

Mr Alan Meale

 

Dr Tony Wright

 

Jim Cousins

 

Andrew Mackinlay

 

Mr Paul Truswell

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Martin Linton

 

Mr David Kidney

 

Mr Edward O’Hara

 

Jim Sheridan

 

Gordon Banks

 

Ms Gisela Stuart

 

Mr Greg Pope

 

Jon Cruddas

 

Mark Fisher

 

Dr Ian Gibson

 

Charlotte Atkins

 

Tom Levitt

 

Mr Martyn Jones

 

Chris Ruane

 

Mr Parmjit Dhanda

 

Chris McCafferty

 

Frank Dobson

 

John Battle

 

Mr Robert N Wareing

 

Mr David Winnick

 

Dr Howard Stoate

 

Derek Wyatt

 

Albert Owen

 

Shona McIsaac

 

Mr Bob Laxton

 

Mary Creagh

 

Mrs Madeleine Moon

 

John Robertson

 

Linda Gilroy

 

Rob Marris

 

Dr Richard Taylor

 

Joan Ryan

 

Mrs Linda Riordan

 

Ms Angela C Smith

 

Dr Ashok Kumar

 

Mr David Anderson

 

Mr Robert Flello

 

Mr John Heppell

 

Andrew Gwynne

 

Mrs Janet Dean

 

Glenda Jackson

 

Mr Dai Harvard

 

Mr Elliot Morley

 

Ian Stewart

 

Tony Lloyd

 

Bill Etherington

 

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

 

Miss Ann Begg

 

Jim Dowd

 

Clare Short

 

Emily Thornbury

 

Derek Twigg

 

Mr David S. Borrow

 

Hywel Williams

 

Natascha Engel

 

Mr Tom Harris

 

Derek Twigg

 

Ben Chapman

 

David Howarth

 

Norman Baker

 

Tom Brake

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

Lorely Burt

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Mr Edward Davey

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Mr Don Foster

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Nick Harvey

 

John Hemming

 

Paul Holmes

 

Simon Hughes

 

Chris Huhne

 

Mark Hunter

 

Susan Kramer

 

Mr David Laws

 

Mr Michael Moore

 

Greg Mulholland

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Willie Rennie

 

Dan Rogerson

 

Bob Russell

 

Andrew Stunell

 

Jo Swinson

 

Matthew Taylor

 

John Thurso

 

Steve Webb

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Richard Younger-Ross

 

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


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 2 March 2009                  

46

 

Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

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

 

Not called  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

 

Agreed to  115

 

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

 


 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  116

 

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

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  117

 

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

 

respectively’.

 


 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  118

 

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

 


 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

Agreed to  119

 

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

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 2 March 2009                  

47

 

Political Parties and Elections Bill, continued

 
 

other new clauses relating to political donations and spending

 

Donations by companies controlled by impermissible donors

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

David Howarth

 

Mr David Heath

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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.

 

(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


 
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