Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2026, to Question 118887, on Voting Rights, and to Question 118889, on Political Parties: Finance, whether the same residency tests will apply to the owners/directors of companies wishing to make donations.

The Representation of the People Bill makes clear the new tests that will apply in respect of political donations made by companies.

The company must be majority owned or controlled by registered UK electors, or UK citizens usually resident in the UK.