House of Lords

2 septembre 2026

Lords oral questions probe electoral finance enforcement, digital and data-centre regulation, online child safety and perinatal mental health, then move to broader scrutiny of the Government’s fiscal, constitutional, net zero and devolution agenda and delivery on growth, public services and welfare-to-work.

House of Lords

37:27 - 37:30

Intervenant 1

Oral question, Lord Bassam of Brighton.

37:30 - 37:36

Intervenant 2

I beg leave to ask the question standing in my name on the order paper.

37:36 - 38:26

Intervenant 3

My Lords, the government does not comment on the submission of suspicious activity reports. The Electoral Commission, the National Crime Agency, and the police are operationally independent. Suspicious activity reports are confidential and breaching that confidentiality risks committing a tipping off offense under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Every year, the Electoral Commission publish a report on how many investigations take place into potential breaches of political finance rules. I know my noble friend asked a question similar to this a month ago, so I wanted to give him that information on the number. In 23-24, there were 17 investigations, 24-25, there were 40, and 25-26, there were nine investigations concluded. We cannot release how many of these come from SARs.

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