Mr. Ron Brown(Leith) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek to amend the law 366W so that political parties are obliged to declare their source of income for electioneering activities in the period immediately prior to the notice of an election.
§ Mr. MayhewI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 22 March.—[Vol. 39, c. 371.] The return of a candidate's election expenses includes expenses incurred before the notice of election is published.