Political Parties and Elections Bill: report stage
16 June 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
The Political Parties and Elections Bill's journey through the Lords continued on 15 June with the first day of report stage - line by line examination of the Bill.
Members of the Lords discussed clauses (parts of the Bill) 6-16 and voted on three suggested amendments (proposals for change) to the Bill.
- Lords Hansard: Political Parties and Elections Bill
- Lords Divisions Analysis: view the results of votes on the Political Parties and Elections Bill
- Bills before Parliament: Political Parties and Elections Bill
- Companion to the Standing Orders in the House of Lords: Amendments
- Briefing: Bills and how they become law (PDF)
The second day of report stage takes place on 17 June.
The Bill makes some amendments to the regulation of party funding and election expenditure set out in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.