1st Report - Electoral Law: The Urgent Need for Review
- HC No.
- HC 244
- Published
- 1 Nov 2019
- Items
- 0
- Response
- No response document linked
Select Committee · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Electoral Law inquiry
Status: Closed
Opened: 5 Mar 2019
Closed: 5 Mar 2019
1 report
Inquiry scope
Many of the core elements of the law regulating election campaigns in parliamentary constituencies and local authority wards have not been updated since the nineteenth century. Recent prosecutions and investigations have demonstrated that even many experts are confused about how the law should be applied in practice to modern election campaigns. The DCMS Committee inquiry into “Disinformation and ‘Fake News’” described how the regulation of political campaigns has not kept pace with the development of digital technology. In 2016, the non-political Law Commissions published a comprehensive set of recommendations for simplifying and updating electoral law, but the Government has declined to implement them, citing lack of time. The Government has, however, made several proposals for further piecemeal reforms and additions to electoral law. PACAC is therefore asking how urgent comprehensive reform is, what should be prioritised, and whether there is a need to go beyond the Law Commission’s proposals?Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2019 | To committee | Letter from Kevin Foster to the Chair on annual canvas reform, dated 15 October 2019 |
| 8 Oct 2019 | To committee | Letter from Craig Westwood, Director of Communications and Research, Electoral Commission, on voter ID evaluation, 22 July 2019 |
| 8 Oct 2019 | To committee | Letter from Kevin Foster MP to Chair, on voter ID evaluation, 22 July 2019 |