Schedule 3
Political Parties and Elections Bill
1:45 pm
Michael Wills (Minister of State, Ministry of Justice; North Swindon, Labour)
Yes, there is, because we need to be quite clear about the source of the donations. There are issues about how exactly we would frame any amendment that might be considered necessary. I will resist the hon. Gentleman’s invitation to go further at this stage, because that is one area in which we are actively considering tabling an amendment of our own.
I ask my hon. Friend the Member for Carmarthen, West and South Pembrokeshire to withdraw the amendment. I know that the Liberal Democrats are anxious to reach their amendments, which are further down the amendment paper, and I do not want to detain the Committee. I can assure the Committee that we are continuing actively to examine these issues. We recognise the concerns and feel that there probably needs to be further movement on them, but we want to consider all the options before coming back to hon. Members.