Committee on Standards in Public Life: Review of the Electoral Commission
R11-23
Published January 2007
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The Electoral Commission should no longer have a role in undertaking policy development in relation to electoral legislation. This function should be the responsibility of the appropriate Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs.
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 with the above recommendations which support the Committee's recommendation about the principal role of the Commission. We share the Committee’s and the Association of Electoral Administrators’ (AEA) view that all substantive policy development work in relation to electoral legislation should be reserved to the Government Department responsible. The Commission should restrict its policy activity to consideration of changes (based on their practical operational experience of the electoral and party funding regimes) that would better enable it to perform its core regulatory duties, rather than leading policy development.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗