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Political Parties and Elections Bill

We welcome the Government's significant shift on many of the provisions to a position that we basically support. I appreciate the Minister's agreement this evening to review the role of the High Court. However, there remain issues that we will want to look at in detail when the Bill goes to the other place. The Minister has just addressed the main one; we are pleased that he now sees that there is a case for offering protections to non-serving association officers, who normally will have served on a voluntary basis. We had great concerns that ongoing liability would be unfair to such people. Having heard the Minister's explanation, and his promise to table an amendment in the other place, I will not press amendment 47 to a Division. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendments made: 11, page 17, leave out lines 5 to 13 and insert—