Expenses and financial support

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opposition parties</a><br/>Information on the annual payments received by the Opposition party and the office of the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers in the House of Lords to assist them in carrying out their parliamentary business</p> </div> </div>  <div class="tabs-wrapper parent"> </div> <div id="sub-landing-basic"> </div> </div> <div id="panel"> <div class="local-module">  <h2>Related information</h2>  <div class="local-module-content"> <div class="itemImageWithTitle"> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_ctlRightHandModuleContainer_ctl00_rptLocalModuleItems_ctl00_ctlLocalModuleItem_hypLink"> <strong>Register of Lords' Interests </strong> </a> </div> <div class="itemText">  <div class="rte main-introduction"> <p>The Code of Conduct requires Members of the Lords to register financial interests that might reasonably be thought to influence their parliamentary actions.</p> <ul> <li><a 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