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HANSARD Election Law ReformIt is a pleasure to be here with you tonight, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Thanet (Craig Mackinlay) for raising this issue. I am glad that we…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Election Law ReformI thank my right hon. Friend. As he says, he has stood at the Dispatch Box in this role, and he, too, will have grappled with the intricacies of the RPA, the PPERA, and more…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Election Law ReformI think it is fair to say that the Government certainly recognise that the position has been brought into a lack of clarity. The net position right now is that candidates and…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Election Law ReformI am not in a position to set that out on the Electoral Commission’s behalf, because it ought to speak for itself. I do not intend that to be a weaselly get-out, but these codes…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Election Law ReformI quite agree, and I hope that that has been clear from the words I have used and repeated tonight. It is in all our interests—I say that in the widest possible sense of the…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Election Law ReformMy hon. Friend reiterates a number of important points. He is right that this requires urgent consideration, and I have confirmed that the Government are looking at the position…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Election Law ReformYes, in short, I do recognise the example given, and I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for expounding it. I am also grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for South Thanet, who…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Election Law ReformYes, and this brings me neatly to the concluding part of my remarks. This is precisely the piece that we in the House and the Government would seek to consider, which is whether…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Election Law ReformI would like to be able to do so, but I am not in a position to do so. My hon. Friends in the Whips Office will have heard that request, and they may in turn be able to advise me…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Election Law ReformI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention and, indeed, for his earlier expression of support for improving the integrity of all elections through the use of voter ID at…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Election Expenses Exclusion) (Amendment) Order 2019
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2019
Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019Perhaps if I answer the first and second questions, the hon. Lady will be able to think of the third. I shall return to the others. The hon. Lady asked how we might protect the…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Election Expenses Exclusion) (Amendment) Order 2019
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2019
Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019Forgive me, Mr Bailey. I was concentrating so diligently on the hon. Lady’s previous question that I did not catch the detail she was asking for. I think perhaps it is simplest if…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Election Expenses Exclusion) (Amendment) Order 2019
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2019
Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Representation of the People (Election Expenses Exclusion) (Amendment) Order 2019.11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Election Expenses Exclusion) (Amendment) Order 2019
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2019
Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey. The statutory instruments seek to make significant improvements to the electoral framework. Where I can, I will…11 Feb 2019HANSARDVoter ID Pilot SchemesA diverse range of local authorities have confirmed that they will be taking part in the voter ID and postal vote pilots for the 2019 local elections. These pilots will provide…06 Feb 2019HANSARDInformation LawMy right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster set out an important package of measures last year to improve transparency in contracting. However, I do not think…06 Feb 2019HANSARDInformation LawThe Government are fully committed to transparency and openness across the public sector and have already introduced a range of measures to increase transparency in contracts.…06 Feb 2019HANSARDVoter ID Pilot SchemesI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s support on this matter. We should see such support throughout the House for a set of measures that are reasonable, proportionate and already…06 Feb 2019HANSARDVoter ID Pilot SchemesMay I first welcome the hon. Lady back to the Dispatch Box? It is a pleasure to see her here again. Two points need to be made: first, the legislation she cites was that of her…06 Feb 2019HANSARDVoter ID Pilot SchemesMy hon. Friend makes a fair point, and it comes down to what the people of Peterborough need: a hard-working and present local MP. Of course we have passed legislation in this…06 Feb 2019