Electoral Administration Bill

moved Amendment No. 114:"Page 70, line 3, at end insert ““or a donation made by the participant to the registered party in that year””" The noble Lord said: My Lords, this could not be described as a probing amendment; rather, it asks for a progress report. In the debate on recommitment, I pointed out that there was no provision in the Bill to accumulate donations and loans so that it would be possible to make a donation of £5,000 and a loan of £5,000 in the same year without either having to be reported. That seemed to me to be wrong, and the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor accepted that it required attention and that amendments should be drafted to deal with it. The very brief amendment that I have tabled is intended to have that effect. However, I have no doubt that parliamentary counsel would want something rather more elaborate. Therefore, I am asking what the state of play is in relation to government amendments to make it possible to accumulate donations and loans when deciding whether the disclosure levels have been reached. I beg to move.