Political Parties and Elections Bill

I am very grateful for that advice, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I congratulate the hon. Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) on having done democracy a fantastic service with his long-standing campaign that he is now winning. In the end, right will out. The hon. Gentleman has been fighting to secure our democracy and remove the abuses of party political and election funding. We see those on the Conservative Front Bench squirming, trying to stop the amendment being made, and we all know why: they want to continue the abuses. They want to continue to allow Lord Ashcroft and others who live abroad to abuse the system and fund political parties unfairly and in an unbalanced manner.