Committee on Standards in Public Life: Review of the Electoral Commission
R11-1
Published January 2007
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The mandate of The Electoral Commission as set out in PPERA should be amended and refocused so that it has two principal statutory duties: as regulator of political party funding and campaign expenditure in the United Kingdom; and as regulator of electoral administration in Great Britain with the aim of ensuring integrity and public confidence in the system of political party funding and campaign expenditure and in the administration and conduct of elections.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Review of the Electoral Commission, January 2007
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The Government agrees this recommendation which is the key to the Electoral Commission refocusing on its dual regulatory role. The Commission indicated in its response to the Committee’s report that it sees its key priorities for the next five years as building its effectiveness as the regulator of party and election finance, whilst developing its function as a standard setter in electoral administration. We will work with the Electoral Commission as it develops this agenda, and in particular consider how far legislative changes are necessary to achieve this.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗