Source · Select Committees · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Recommendation 19
19
The Electoral Commission needs new powers to ask for information about whether the source of...
Conclusion
The Electoral Commission needs new powers to ask for information about whether the source of funds used in political donations is permissible. This is vital to ensuring effective deterrence and enabling the regulator to identify risks of foreign money. At the moment the Electoral Commission’s powers are too circumscribed: it cannot launch investigations without high evidence thresholds, and it cannot obtain that evidence without a formal investigation. (Conclusion, Paragraph 114)