Part of Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill – in the House of Lords at 5:15 pm on 15 December 2010.
For a start, each of those donations would have to be declared. There you have the conflict between my noble friend Lord Lamont's philosophy and what I suspect is that of the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, and myself. I do not want to see big money distorting elections or referendums. We have a set of rules and regulations and a degree of transparency that we believe gives sufficient protection.