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date	19/05/2021
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Elections: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2021 to Question 2352 on Elections: Scotland, what is the planned timetable for post-poll reporting.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	3955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Commission will report formally on the delivery of the polls in the autumn, after the summer recess periods for the UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament and Senedd. Reporting will be informed by a detailed process of information gathering and evaluation.</p> answering member constituency City of Chester answering member printed Christian Matheson question first answered 24/05/2021 07:09:04 answering member 4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1315135

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Elections: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what plans the Commission has to review the extent of electronic political content promoted without an imprint for the Scottish Parliamentary Election held on 6 May 2021; and if he will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	2352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>The Commission welcomed the introduction of the new digital imprint requirement for all digital campaign material at the Scottish Parliamentary elections. It provides voters with a better understanding of who is trying to influence them online.</p><p>The Commission regulates compliance with the new law by registered parties, and by non-party campaigners who campaign for or against parties. The police are responsible for compliance by candidates, and non-party campaigning for or against candidates.</p><p>Ahead of the election, the Commission published guidance for campaigners on what must be included on election material. The Commission monitored compliance with the new regime closely, and will, as part of its post-poll reporting, report on the implemention and regulation of the requirements.</p> answering member constituency City of Chester answering member printed Christian Matheson question first answered 19/05/2021 09:28:03 answering member 4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1315136

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Elections: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what plans the Commission has to review the Independent Green Voice party entry and logo on the Scottish parliamentary election regional listing with regards to potential voter confusion with the Scottish Greens political party.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	2353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>The Commission assesses whether applications to register a political party, and their indentity marks, meet the criteria set out in electoral law. This includes the requirement to ensure that voters would not likely be confused with already registered parties.</p><p>As part of its assessment process, the Commission publishes on its website a list of names, descriptions and emblems under consideration, to invite comments from the public and other parties.</p><p>Details were published on the Commission's website on 12 February 2021 of the application by Independent Green Voice to add a new emblem. No concerns were raised, and after a careful assessment process, the Commission authorised the application to register the emblem on 23 March.</p><p>The Commission has an ongoing duty to maintain the register of political parties including by reviewing registered indentity marks if relevant considerations change. However, as matters stand it is satisfied that there are clear and sufficent differences between the two parties' registered names, descriptions and emblems to avoid likely voter confusion.</p> answering member constituency City of Chester answering member printed Christian Matheson question first answered 19/05/2021 09:41:15 answering member 4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1313296

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many free local elector IDs were issued by Woking Council as part of the 2019 Voter ID trials.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>Woking Borough Council issued 24 free local elector cards in 2019, as part of its participation in the UK Government's voter ID pilot. It issued 63 cards in a similar trial held in 2018.</p><p>This information was collated as part of the Commission's independant evaluations of the pilot schemes conducted in 2018 and 2019.</p> answering member constituency City of Chester answering member printed Christian Matheson question first answered 17/05/2021 08:07:05 answering member 4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith