Committee (5th Day)

Part of Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill – in the House of Lords at 5:15 pm on 15 December 2010.

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Photo of Lord McNally Lord McNally Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, Liberal Democrat Leader in the House of Lords 5:15, 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.