Political Parties and Elections Bill

I hope that the noble Baroness will forgive me for saying that I do not entirely follow her line of argument. My noble friend has drawn attention to the extremely wide powers that are being given. It is worth while noting that this is an amendment to Section 145 of the original 2000 Act, of which the opening phrase is: ""The Commission shall have the general function of monitoring compliance with"." So an extremely broad function is defined in that Act, and we now have words such as, "they consider appropriate" as to how it should be enforced. My noble friend is therefore quite right to ask the Government for some clarification as to how the powers will be used. One has an awful feeling that the Electoral Commission here is judge and jury and that the powers could be used in a way that was disproportionate to the remedies that they seek to achieve. Perhaps I may ask the Minister a specific question because I may not understand the Bill sufficiently well. If I am a treasurer of the Much Minding in the Marsh Association and I believe that what the Electoral Commission is doing is inappropriate, what is my remedy? Who do I go to and where do I find the answer if I believe that I am being inappropriately treated for the questions and the offence that I am presumed to have committed? My noble friend is absolutely right to want it clarified on the record how widely the Government envisage the dual power being used.