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Electoral Administration Bill

My Lords, I am most grateful for that correction. The obligation to repay them would be immediate but the actual repayment would, indeed, be over a period of time. I am most grateful to the noble Lord and, of course, I stand corrected. I find myself in agreement with the remarks of the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor when, in Committee, he said:"““We think that the balance is best struck by requiring disclosure but not requiring what may wreak havoc with a party’s finances or cause significant prejudices to the individual lender””.—[Official Report, 8/5/06; col. 758.]"