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Political Parties and Elections Bill

Proceeding contribution from Jack Straw (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 20 October 2008. It occurred during Debate on bills on Political Parties and Elections Bill.
I am certainly willing for these matters to be looked at in great detail, but it is worth pointing out that there are already a large number of such powers in the 2000 Act. One area of the Bill seeks to broaden those powers so that the Electoral Commission can obtain an order against any other person as well as against a political party. However, the use of those powers, whomever they are used against, will have to be made through a court, which is not the case at the moment.

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Reference

481 c50-1 

Session

2007-08

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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