8. Press statement and full declaration
of donations to Hain4Labour as registered on 11 January 2008
Peter Hain, today met the Electoral Commission to
record donations that were made to his Labour Deputy Leadership
campaign, but that were not registered within the required timescale:
Peter Hain MP said:
"I today met the Electoral Commission and reported
£103,156.75 of donations to my deputy leadership campaign
that were not registered within the required timescale. I provided
full details to them and was very satisfied with the meeting.
"All of the donations were from people entitled
to legally donate to my campaign.
"I understand that people will ask how I could
have allowed this number of donations to go undeclared at the
time. The fact is that during this period, I gave my campaign
for office within the Labour Party second priority to my government
responsibilities. I reasonably believed that the arrangements
in place for my Deputy Leader campaign would be sufficient to
ensure compliance with reporting requirements, but as it transpired,
due to administrative failings this was not the case after early
May.
"It became necessary to continue fundraising
after the campaign ended as a result of unpaid invoices coming
to light during the summer and autumn.
Immediately I became aware on 29th November 2007
that these donations had not been declared within the required
timescale, I took steps to inform the Electoral Commission, issued
a public statement and subsequently asked to see the Commission
on 3rd December. At that time I confirmed my intention to provide
a full report as soon as I was satisfied it was complete. I have
subsequently kept in touch with the Electoral Commission on progress."
"I very much regret that these reports were
not made on time. I should have given higher personal priority
to the day to day administration and organisation of my campaign."
FULL DECLARATION OF DONATIONS
| Date donation banked
| Donation amount declared
| Donor |
| 04.06.07 | £10,000
| Mike Cuddy
Status: individual |
| 06 06.07 | £2,000
| Patrick Head
Status: individual |
| 06.06.07 | £1,500
| TM Communications
Status: company |
| 12.06.07 | £5,000
| Bill Bottriell
Status: individual |
| 14.06.07 | £5,000
| David Goldstone
Status: individual |
| 14.06.07 | £5,000
| Robert Davies
Status: individual |
| 14.06.07 | £2,500
| UCATT
Status: trade union |
| 25.06.07 | £5,000
| Ronnie Harris
Status: individual |
| 09.07.07 | £5,000
| Willie Nagel*
Status: individual |
| 09.07.07 | £1,990
| Christopher Campbell*
Status: individual
|
| 08.08.07 | £5,000
| Steve Morgan*
Status: individual |
| 04.09.07 | £10,000
| GMB
Status: trade union |
| 13.09.07 | £10,000
| Isaac Kaye*
Status: individual |
| 10.10.07 | £25,000
(interest free loan)
| Willie Nagel*
Status: individual |
| 19.11.07 | £4,623.75
| Isaac Kaye*
Status: individual |
| 23.04.07 | £1,346 (in kind)
| H RA Ltd
Status: company |
| June 2007 | £4,197 (in kind)
| GMB
Status: trade union |
*donations marked with an asterisk were made on behalf of the
named individuals by a think tank, Progressive Policies Forum.
The monies had been previously donated to PPF. When unpaid bills
came to light PPF was approached and with the permission of the
individual donors concerned the monies were donated to Hain4Labour
to meet these debts.
There is no legal impediment to a person donating
money on behalf of someone else. The PPERA legislation expressly
permits it in paragraph 6 of schedule 7. What is important is
that the person or company making the payment informs the donee
(in this case Peter Hain) that it is on behalf of someone else
and gives particulars to the donee so that the donee can report
them. This is exactly what has happened in this case in respect
of five donations. The actual donors have been correctly reported.
Total donors: 17
Total donations: £103,156.75
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