The Government is remaining tight lipped over the state of play on election finance reform.

National Party deputy leader Bill English is not happy National has not been consulted on draft legislation due to come before Parliament later this year. He claims leaks from the Government show Labour has bought support from United Future, New Zealand First and the Greens by giving them more say over the allocation of campaign TV advertising.

Mr English says in exchange, the parties will support Labour's draconian proposals to ban third party campaigns and only allow small political donations to be anonymous.

Minister of Justice Mark Burton will not be drawn on exactly when the legislation will be presented nor will he comment on it is content. But he says Labour is not playing favourites. He says he is trying to ensure there is Parliamentary support to get the bill to select committee.

Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says their position is to get rid of anonymous donations and restrict personal donations stands. She will not comment on the claims a deal has been struck.

United Future says the negotiations have been standard. Leader Peter Dunne says election finance reform has been part of discussions, but says it is not the sort of thing that could be described as a deal. He says there have been negotiations over the sorts of things that might need to be addressed if the bill is to get majority support.