Committee on Standards in Public Life: Review of the Electoral Commission
R11-38
Published January 2007
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
There should be an annual debate in Parliament on the work of The Electoral Commission. It might be helpful if this followed the Commission’s annual report on standards of electoral administration in the UK (R13).
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Review of the Electoral Commission, January 2007
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The Government welcomes the general thrust of these recommendations. As the Committee notes in its report, the Estimates Day debate in July 2006 on the Electoral Commission drew considerable interest from MPs, and the Government would be content to see further such useful debates.
As for scrutiny by a select committee of the House of the Commission’s work, there is clearly precedent for this. Where that work touches on issues that are already the responsibility of the Justice Committee it would seem appropriate if that Committee were to initiate an inquiry that touches on the Commission’s role.
As for scrutiny by a select committee of the House of the Commission’s work, there is clearly precedent for this. Where that work touches on issues that are already the responsibility of the Justice Committee it would seem appropriate if that Committee were to initiate an inquiry that touches on the Commission’s role.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗