Ministerial statement on Thursday, 15 March 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Falconer of Thoroton.

Political Parties: Funding

Lords statement on the review of party funding by Sir Hayden Phillips entitled "Strengthening Democracy: Fair and Sustainable Funding of Political Parties".

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 690 c904-14
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department for Constitutional Affairs
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Strengthening democracy: fair and sustainable funding of political parties.
Thursday, 15 March 2007
Unprinted command papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 690 c911 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend makes a perfectly valid point. No doubt that is the kind of detail that ca...; Lord Lea of Crondall | 690 c911 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, referred to cleaning up the system. Does my noble and learned...; Lord Fowler | 690 c911 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor now going to endorse my words about caps...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 690 c911 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord heard what I said, because he was here. I do not want to be wearisome, but ...; Lord Fowler | 690 c910 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I should declare an interest as a former chairman of the Conservative Party. There...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 690 c911 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I greatly welcome the noble Lord’s enthusiastic support for limits on expenditure. I also ...; Lord Shutt of Greetland | 690 c908-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor for repeating the Statement. ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 690 c904-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat a Statement made earlier today by my right hon...; Lord Strathclyde | 690 c907-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord for repeating the Statement. Given the importance of th...; Bishop of Worcester | 690 c911-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the Phillips report. It is one of those reports that seems to be about a detail ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 690 c913 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the answer to the first question is yes; it should not unfairly disadvantage one party aga...; Lord Howarth of Newport | 690 c913-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is it not in the interest of parliamentary democracy that the policy development work of t...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 690 c914 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend posed three questions. The first was, why public funding? All I can do is ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 690 c912 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the right reverend Prelate makes a number of very important points. At the heart of this d...; Lord Goodhart | 690 c912 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as someone who was a member of the Neill committee when it produced its report on party-po...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 690 c912-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord identifies particular issues that have not been resolved in Sir Hayden’s re...; Lord Whitty | 690 c913 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, apart from any past interests, I ought to declare a current interest as a member of the La...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 690 c909-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, that it was sensible to wait until...
Subjects: Campaigns Finance Elections Expenditure Electoral Commission Political parties Regulation Reform Reviews Funding of Political Parties Review
Contains statistics: Yes
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Political Parties: Funding

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