Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the charitable status of organisations that have funded (a) politicians’ offices and (b) constitutional conventions in advance of referenda. [68796]
David Miliband: I have been asked to reply. It is for the Charity Commission, the independent regulator, in any particular case whether or not a charity is in breach of the legal rules on political activities by charities. I have asked the Commission’s Chief Executive to write to the hon. Gentleman. | 
