Amendment summary
It was moved by the Lord Cope of Berkeley, as an amendment to the motion to approve the Order, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Order allows political parties in Northern Ireland to receive funds from foreign donors; dispenses with the requirement for political parties in Northern Ireland to keep records of donations and to report them to the Electoral Commission; and allows foreign funding to be used by Northern Ireland political parties when participating in future United Kingdom referendums and in any future referendum on the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.”.; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and