My Lords, I wish to speak in support of the probing Amendment 35 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. We have to ask what my noble friend asked. What is this trying to solve? In the regulated period of one year and at a figure of £700, we are saying that an organisation that spends £1.91 a day for 12 months before a general election could be committing an offence. That is the amount that would have to be spent per day by the organisation or £13.46 a week or £58.33 a month. The very simple question I would like to ask the Minister is: how was that daily amount of £1.91 calculated? Why is it deemed to be illegal if an organisation exceeds that amount and exactly what problem does it solve?
Elections Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Scriven
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 15 March 2022.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Elections Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
820 c266 
Session
2021-22
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2023-03-17 15:24:31 +0000
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2022-03-15/22031599000037
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2022-03-15/22031599000037
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2022-03-15/22031599000037