Written questions

Political Parties: Finance

Commons · Question 28655 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 28 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Katie Lam

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether grants to political parties through the Westminster Foundation for Democracy will be permissible given the new profit test for company donations in the Representation of

Answer

Answered by Florence Eshalomi, 28 Sep 2026

We are legislating in the Representation of the People Bill so that companies that wish to make political donations will need to meet new eligibility criteria showing they have made sufficient profit to fund their donations; and that they are majority own...