To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bourne of
Aberystwyth on 3 July 2017 (HL3), 15 September 2017 (HL1448), and 13 October 2017
(HL1671), and by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 21 December 2017 (HL3975), 16 March
2018 (HL6045), 20 November 2018 (HL11393 and HL11394), and 17 May (HL15556), what
plans they have to introduce legislation to prevent any abuse of the electoral system
in the UK.
<p>On 5th May the Minister for the Constitution announced a range of new measures
to safeguard UK elections by cracking down on intimidation, influence and disinformation.</p><p>As
part of that, the Government has committed to: legislating for a new electoral offence
of intimidation; clarifying the electoral offence of undue influence of a voter; implementing
an imprints regime for digital election material; and launching a consultation on
electoral integrity. Before formally launching the consultation, the Government will
be inviting the views of interested groups to establish what the consultation could
seek to address, and also see what scope there is for broad cross-party agreement.</p><p>Any
legislative changes relating to issues or specific cases in Northern Ireland would,
however, be a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.</p>
