Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House – in the House of Commons at 9:30 am on 6 February 2014.
The Government met nearly 50 organisations to discuss the provisions of the Act before it received Royal Assent. Those discussions led to a number of changes being made to the then Bill to reduce the burden on smaller third parties who campaign at elections, to ease the transition to the new regime, and to clarify the rules.