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1050284

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date	28/01/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Trade Associations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, which regulatory functions imposed by legislation for which his Department has responsibility are currently undertaken by trade associations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	213172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Departments do not have any regulatory functions imposed by legislation that are currently undertaken by trade associations.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/02/2019 13:48:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

106094

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date	03/11/2014
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	Absent Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to increase the take-up of postal votes.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	213172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission does not set out to increase the take-up of postal voting and instead provides information to help people participate with confidence in elections and referendums by whatever method they find most convenient. This includes ensuring people understand the range of options available to them to cast their vote, including by post, proxy and at a polling station.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission’s guidance to Electoral Registration Officers sets out that they should ensure people are made aware of the different ways they can cast their vote so they are able to choose the option that is most appropriate to their circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Information on different options for how to cast a ballot is also provided on the Commission’s website, via media releases, social media channels, and through the public information phone line.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 06/11/2014 14:49:20 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane