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HANSARD Elections: May 2021Yes, it is possible, and that is precisely what we are doing. I am very glad of my hon. Friend’s support for that.13 Jan 2021HANSARD Elections: May 2021I am very grateful for the tone that the hon. Gentleman strikes. It is important that there should always be a level playing field in our elections; that is a critical principle…13 Jan 2021HANSARD Elections: May 2021I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this point, because he reminds us of the consequence of the first postponement. It is therefore important to think this issue through…13 Jan 2021HANSARD Elections: May 2021I referred to this in my opening statement, and proudly so. I am pleased that the hon. Lady has emphasised it once again; she is right to do so, and I fully share her concern that…13 Jan 2021HANSARDGovernment Transparency and AccountabilitySince 2010, the Government have been at the forefront of opening up data to allow Parliament, the public and the media to hold public bodies to account. Despite the need to…15 Dec 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks ReportI am today laying before Parliament a report, The European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks: 26 June 2020 to 25 September 2020’. I am laying this report because it is…10 Dec 2020HANSARDElection Spending Limits UpratingElections rely upon political parties and candidates’ ability to communicate their views and commitments so that voters can make an informed decision. To this end, it is right…03 Dec 2020HANSARDFixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Repeal) BillToday, the Government publish in draft the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Repeal) Bill, which is required to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (FTPA), and in doing so…01 Dec 2020HANSARDMiners’ Strike 1984-85I am aware that this question was also put to the Home Office earlier this week. I can confirm that there are no plans to establish an independent inquiry into the policing of the…01 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Elections: Registration and ParticipationNo, it is the hon. Lady with those reused arguments.01 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Elections: Registration and ParticipationI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. He and I both know that he is an experienced hand at election matters. I welcome his scrutiny of this question because it is…01 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Elections: Registration and ParticipationWe will be working safely with the Electoral Commission to support its voter registration and public information campaigns ahead of the next elections next May, as we do for every…01 Oct 2020HANSARDStrengthening the UnionMy hon. Friend makes the point extremely well. We have confronted the recent pandemic as one United Kingdom and have achieved more together than we could have done as individual…01 Oct 2020HANSARDMiners’ Strike 1984-85I admire the passion and experience with which the hon. Member speaks. I will say straight off that the report produced for the Scottish Government is a matter for them. I…01 Oct 2020HANSARDStrengthening the UnionThe Government have an unwavering commitment to our Union, as demonstrated by the £190 billion of measures that the Chancellor has already introduced to protect jobs throughout…01 Oct 2020HANSARDBoundary Commission for Wales: AppointmentsI should like to inform the House that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Michael Gove) has made the following…30 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillAnd have done.29 Sept 2020HANSARDElectoral Commission and Association of Electoral Administrators ReportsThe Government have published our responses to the Electoral Commission’s reports on the administration of the December 2019 UK parliamentary general election and May 2019…28 Sept 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and Common FrameworksI am today laying before Parliament a report, “The European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks: 26 March to 25 June 2020”. I am laying this report because it is a legal…24 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillFirst, I thank you, Dame Rosie, for presiding over us in Committee this afternoon, and I thank the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) on the Opposition Front Bench…16 Sept 2020