Political Parties: Finance
Lords · Question HL639 · Tabled 3 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Baroness Scott of Bybrook
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 1 June (HL Deb col 642), what is the evidential basis that there was extensive consultation with political parties during the course of the drawing up of the Represe
Answer
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 17 Jun 2026
The Government has undertaken consultation on the Representation of the People Bill over the whole length of its development. In July 2025 the then-Minister for Homelessness and Democracy, the Hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Stepney, wrote to all frontb...