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536648

registered interest
date	15/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the recommendations in chapter two of the Law Commission's report on electoral law, published in February 2016.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	42938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the recent interim report on electoral law from the Law Commissions, including the reforms set out in chapter two. This is a comprehensive and wide ranging report which makes a number of recommendations. The Government is actively discussing the details of the report with the Law Commissions and other bodies.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/07/2016 10:21:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536649

registered interest
date	15/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will consult with the devolved administrations to make electoral law less complex.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	42939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office has regular discussions with the Welsh Assembly Government and the Scottish Government on a range of electoral issues. No aspects of electoral law are devolved in Northern Ireland and responsibility for electoral policy remains with the Northern Ireland Office.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/07/2016 10:22:43 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536422

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received from (a) professional bodies and (b) other organisations on the streamlining of electoral law.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	42853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office Ministers have had discussions with key electoral bodies and organisations on a range of electoral issues, including the review of UK electoral law currently being undertaken by the Law Commissions.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/07/2016 10:19:37 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536424

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on the finding of the Law Commission in its interim report on electoral law, published in February 2016, that electoral law should be governed by a rational and holistic framework governing all existing elections.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	42864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the recent interim report on electoral law from the Law Commissions. This is a comprehensive and wide ranging report which makes a number of recommendations. The Government is actively discussing the details of the report with the Law Commissions and other bodies.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/07/2016 10:20:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536109

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure overseas electors receive ballot papers in time to vote in elections.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	42672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>In the last Parliament, the Government amended legislation to make it easier for overseas electors and Armed Forces personnel to vote by post at elections and referendums in the UK. The electoral timetable was lengthened and the restriction on issuing postal votes ahead of the postal vote application deadline removed.</p><p>We continue to keep under review the practical operation of the postal voting process and meet with electoral administrators and their suppliers to identify ways to provide a more effective service, including expediting the delivery of postal votes to overseas electors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/07/2016 13:11:23 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

535485

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of electoral registration arrangements for UK nationals abroad in (a) general and (b) Germany in advance of the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	42477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>Online registration has made the application process for overseas electors easier than ever before. Between the start of the EU referendum campaign on 18 April and the extended registration deadline on 9 June over 151,000 overseas electors submitted an application to register to vote.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold data on overseas elector applications by country.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/07/2016 13:10:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

535170

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to allow all British citizens who live abroad but pay income tax in the UK to vote in UK elections regardless of the length of time they have been resident abroad.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	42319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>As set out in our manifesto, the Government will bring forward legislation to remove the outdated 15 year time limit on overseas voting rights.</p><p>The Government’s proposals will make no change to the extent to which taxation is the basis for enfranchisement in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/07/2016 13:09:26 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson