Proceeding contribution from Lord Swire (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 4 December 2007. It occurred during Opposition day on Political Parties (Funding).

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The hon. Gentleman is a veteran parliamentarian and he is suggesting that 1997—year zero—was the first time that such benefactors came forward to assist the Labour party, but he will well remember the lavender list, Sir Eric Miller, Peachey Properties, Lord Kagan, Poulson and T. Dan Smith in the north-east, where Mr. Abrahams hails from. Is he going to whitewash everything that went before 1997, or is the Labour party, too, culpable in these matters?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 468 c733
Session: 2007-08
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Disclosure of information Finance Donors Political parties Political levy Trade unions Labour Scottish Labour Party Abrahams, David Harman, Baroness Alexander of Cleveden, Baroness
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