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 July 2026, to Question 18015, on Political Parties: Finance, whether the overseas contributor donation cap as currently announced will retrospectively apply to political donations made since 25 March 2026, where an elector on the domestic electoral roll makes a donation to a political party or regulated donee, but the donor’s actual residence has not been within the United Kingdom for a full calendar year at the time of the donation.

I refer the hon. Member to the letter addressed to Representatives of Political Parties dated 6 July and published on gov.uk here, which sets out the retrospectivity of the overseas contributor cap, as well as the minimum residency period.

The Government is of the view that the provisions of the Representation of the People Bill, including clauses related to overseas contributors, are compatible with the Convention rights.