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Westminster Hall debate on Foreign Lobbying
(Aberavon) (Lab):...My hon.
Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that it
seems that there is a loophole, because the National Crime
Agency and the Electoral Commission both say that
they will not look into the real source of financial donations to
political parties? They say that it is permissible if a donation
has come from a British citizen or somebody who is on the
electoral roll, and then they do not look into where the money
may actually have come from. If a British citizen has received a
large sum of money from someone who is not on the British
electoral roll, the agencies do not look into the source of that
money. What would my hon. Friend say needs to happen to close
that loophole, which seems to be a massive gaping hole in our
defences?
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Extract from
Westminster Hall debate on Cost of Living: Fiscal Approach
(Erith and Thamesmead)
(Lab):...Fourthly, we need a clear plan to ramp up home
insulation and upgrades, making homes more energy efficient and
saving households, on average, £400 every year. Fifthly, we have
said that the Government must go after the fraudsters who stole
from the public during the pandemic. Why are the Government not
allowing the National Crime
Agency to investigate the £11.8 billion lost to tax
from fraud? That money could have been used to help people out of
hardship right now. These five policies would make a real
difference to workers and families across the country...
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