Committee on Standards in Public Life: The Funding of Political Parties in the United Kingdom
R5-26
Published October 1998
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The definition of a permissible source should cover: As to individuals: registered UK voters and those entitled to register as UK voters As to corporations: companies incorporated in the United Kingdom As to partnerships: partnerships based in and having their principal sphere of operations in the United Kingdom As to trade unions: trade unions registered here pursuant to statute As to other organisations: organisations, voluntary associations and trusts etc. genuinely based in and having their principal sphere of operations in the United Kingdom (but excluding branches of foreign organisations of whatever character). (p 74)
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, The Funding of Political Parties in the United Kingdom, October 1998