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964620

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office,with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that campaign-related staff costs are included in the spending limits on (a) political party election and (b) referendum campaign spending.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	169497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169487 169488 169489 169490 169491 169492 169493 169494 169495 169496 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:33 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964619

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what the implications are of the recommendations that the Government (a) amend the rules for reporting spending, (b) make campaigners sub-divide their spending returns into different types of spending and (c) provide additional information on the money spent on digital campaigns.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	169496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169487 169488 169489 169490 169491 169492 169493 169494 169495 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:33 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964615

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that campaigners in elections are informed or the rules relating to potential donations from from companies that have not made sufficient money in the UK to fund the amount of their donation or loan.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	169492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169487 169488 169489 169490 169491 169493 169494 169495 169496 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:33 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964616

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what steps he is taking with the Electoral Commission to (a) improve controls on donations and loans to prevent foreign money being used in UK politics and (b) ensure the adequacy of (i) due diligence and (ii) risk assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	169493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169487 169488 169489 169490 169491 169492 169494 169495 169496 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:33 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964617

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits on bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that (a) new parties and (b) referendum campaigners with assets or liabilities over £500 are required to submit a declaration of assets and liabilities upon registration and the declaration should include an estimate of the costs the campaigner has invested in buying or developing the data they hold when they register.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	169494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169487 169488 169489 169490 169491 169492 169493 169495 169496 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:33 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964612

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the maximum level of fine available to the Electoral Commission for campaigners that break electoral rules.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	169489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169487 169488 169490 169491 169492 169493 169494 169495 169496 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:33 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964610

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling the Electoral Commission to share information with other agencies when it is in the public interest to do so.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	169488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169487 169489 169490 169491 169492 169493 169494 169495 169496 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:32 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964609

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling the Electoral Commission to obtain information outside of an investigation.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	169487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169488 169489 169490 169491 169492 169493 169494 169495 169496 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:32 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964613

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling the Electoral Commission to (a) investigate and (b) sanction candidates in elections.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	169490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Electoral Commission for its comprehensive report into Digital Campaigning. We are carefully reviewing it and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 169487 169488 169489 169491 169492 169493 169494 169495 169496 169497 169498 question first answered 11/09/2018 11:53:33 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

964608

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Digital campaigning, Increasing transparency for voters, published by the Electoral Commission in June 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that digital material must have an imprint indicating which organisation or individual (a) was behind the campaign and (b) created it.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	169486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>In March 2018, the Government committed to consult on whether the requirement for an imprint should be extended to electronic communications, in its response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life’s, ‘<em>Review of Intimidation in Public Life</em>’, which was published in December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>On 29 July 2018, the Cabinet Office launched an open consultation entitled ‘<em>Protecting the Debate: Intimidating, Influence and Information</em>’, which seeks views on proposed changes to electoral law, including the inclusion of imprints on digital campaign materials.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will close at midnight on 22 October 2018 and is available at GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Following the conclusion of the consultation the Government will consider the submitted responses and decide on an appropriate course of action.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/09/2018 17:02:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith