Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill
6:30 pm
Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish (Crossbench)
My Lords, whatever the subject of the referendum, there are three major parties in this country. Unless one of them splits its money--I refer to the sums of £5 million and £5 million--to one of those fives will be attached the Liberal Democrats' £3 million. That makes £8 million as opposed to £5 million. That is not a level playing field; it is unbalanced. If the noble Lord wants it to be balanced, he is simply falling at the first fence.