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Political Parties and Elections Bill

My Lords, in principle almost anything is perfectly possible. Those of us here whose job it is to pass legislation that will work in the real world have to look beyond that to see whether what we are suggesting is realistic. My point is that, while in principle it might be possible, it would require huge amounts of public money and huge changes to the way HMRC works before it could be put into operation. I hope that that is a powerful point in suggesting that these amendments, attractive as clearly they are to a number of Members of the House, are unrealistic and cannot work. I will come to a conclusion. I apologise for going on—