Clause 56 - Register of donations to include details of nature of donation
Electoral Administration Bill
2:30 pm
David Cairns (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Scotland Office; Inverclyde, Labour)
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving me this opportunity to say that I gave an undertaking in my winding-up speech on Second Reading that we would give serious consideration to his point.
It is not only members of the Committee who share the concern that the dual reporting of the matters in question with slightly different tweaks is not really necessary, and that reporting to one body, monitored by the other—whichever it happens to be—would be better.
I understand that the Standards and Privileges Committee is examining the issue, and we shall need to take a long, hard look at its findings, and move towards a more rational approach. I am happy once again to give the undertaking that I gave in the House.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 56 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clauses 57 to 59 ordered to stand part of the Bill.