HC Deb 01 December 1999 vol 340 c216W
Mr. Andrew George

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans the Government have to regulate political party funding, donations and sponsorship for(a) events, (b) conferences and (c) elections. [100428]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Proposals for legislation on these matters, in response to the Fifth Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on the funding of political parties, were published on 27 July 1999 and a Bill will be introduced into Parliament later this session.