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  Draft Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018
  
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  @ MP voted aye to apply the requirements for transparency surrounding political donations and loans in-force in Great Britain to Northern Ireland. 
  @ MP voted no against the application of requirements for transparency surrounding political donations and loans in-force in Great Britain to Northern Ireland. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to apply the requirements for transparency surrounding political donations and loans in-force in Great Britain to Northern Ireland. 
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111162019/contents draft Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018], which was laid before this House on 23 November 2017, be approved.
  
  The explanatory notes to the order[1] explain:
  
  :Maintaining confidentiality in respect of Northern Ireland political donations and loans has been considered necessary to date to protect donors from the risk of intimidation.
  :...
  :In January 2017, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland wrote to th
  e Northern Ireland political parties to seek their views on moving to full transparency. All parties that responded agreed  that full transparency should be introduced
  
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  * [1] [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111162019/pdfs/ukdsiem_9780111162019_en.pdf Explanatory memorandum to the draft Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018]
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