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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 15 May 2025, to Question HL7178, on Political Parties: Finance, if she will make it her policy to amend UK-wide electoral law to prohibit foreign citizens, who are eligible to vote in local and devolved elections in Scotland and Wales, who would not otherwise be eligible to donate under reserved electoral law, from donating to political parties and regulated donees across the United Kingdom.

Further to the answer to Question UIN HL7178 on 15 May 2025, the Government's position remains that individuals who are legally resident and registered to vote in devolved and local elections in Scotland and Wales are permissible donors under the existing political finance framework

The franchise for local and devolved elections in Scotland and Wales is a matter for the Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru respectively.