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Political Parties: Funding

My Lords, the noble Lord identifies particular issues that have not been resolved in Sir Hayden’s report. Under the heading ““Remaining obstacles””, Sir Hayden identifies where issues have not been resolved. I cannot answer the noble Lord’s questions, not because there are no answers, but because Sir Hayden explicitly envisages that the discussions will seek to address the sort of issues that he has identified; for example, the extent to which it would be enforced by regulations or legislation is yet to be discussed. I am sorry that I cannot provide a better answer, but Sir Hayden has been looking at this and suggests further discussions.