Committee on Standards in Public Life: The Funding of Political Parties in the United Kingdom

R5-97

Published October 1998

The response position records the government's reply. It does not establish implementation.

Recommendation (the Committee's words)
In addition to its overall duty of keeping election and funding arrangements under review, the Election Commission should be specifically charged with monitoring the working of the current arrangements for the provision of party political and election broadcasts and the effect on political advertising generally of developing communications technologies. (p 183)

From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, The Funding of Political Parties in the United Kingdom, October 1998