Ministers: Corporate Hospitality
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the factsheet entitled Political Donations Overview: existing rules and what is changing, published on 2 March 2026, whether the new provisions on (a) due diligence, (b) company donations, (c) crypto-donation and (d) overseas donations will apply to donations to gifts and hospitality to Ministers in a Ministerial capacity.
Answered by Samantha Dixon
The political finance measures set out in the government’s factsheet Political Donations Overview: existing rules and what is changing relate to donations regulated under electoral law, including donations to political parties, candidates and campaigners.
Donations rules under electoral law do not apply to ministers.
The acceptance and declaration of gifts and hospitality by Ministers continue to be governed by the Ministerial Code. No changes are being made to those rules as part of these reforms.
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