Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Labour). It was answered on Thursday, 5 May 2016.
Elections: Campaigning
- Question
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My Lords, without diminishing in any way the report of the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, I ask the Minister to comment on the Electoral Commission’s reference to more than 30 Conservative MPs who overspent and broke electoral law and why nothing appears to have been done about this in the run-up to today’s election.
- Answer
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If the noble Lord is referring to allegations that the Conservative Party broke electoral spending limits in constituencies, as far
as I understand, the Conservative Party correctly declared all local spending in the general election. An administrative error was made by not declaring some national spending, but the Conservative Party still considerably underspent the national spending limit.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 771 c1510
- Session
- 2015-16
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Campaigns Elections Regulation
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