Information since 8 Nov 2024, 10:15 p.m.
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6 Mar 2025, 4:24 p.m. - House of Commons "rules around donations to political parties and I welcome the government's commitment to bring forward and Elections Bill, in due " Ms Stella Creasy MP (Walthamstow, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript |
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6 Mar 2025, 4:24 p.m. - House of Commons "forward and Elections Bill, in due course. So I hope today will help " Ms Stella Creasy MP (Walthamstow, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript |
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6 Mar 2025, 4:26 p.m. - House of Commons "campaigners. I hope in the future Elections Bill the Government will " Joe Powell MP (Kensington and Bayswater, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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6 Mar 2025, 4:35 p.m. - House of Commons "immune to this. So what can we do? I hope we will see an elections bill in the next Parliamentary session " Phil Brickell MP (Bolton West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Mar 2025, 5:06 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord on the Elections Bill. >> May I borrow a phrase from a more prominent person than I and say, " Lord True (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Mar 2025, 5:06 p.m. - House of Lords "not pass an amendment bill from the House of Commons, was at the noble Lord on the Elections Bill. " Lord True (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Finance Bill
35 speeches (18,789 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 19th March 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Altrincham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) As an aside, it is relevant to an issue that came up in the elections Bill a couple of years ago. - Link to Speech |
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Political Finance Rules
39 speeches (10,467 words) Thursday 6th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Joe Powell (Lab - Kensington and Bayswater) donations to political parties, and I welcome the Government�s commitment to bring forward an elections Bill - Link to Speech 2: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) First, I hope that we will see an elections Bill in the next Session, which would provide a golden opportunity - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
150 speeches (29,999 words) Committee stage part one Monday 3rd March 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) should not pass an amendment to a Bill from the House of Commons was the noble Lord during the Elections Bill - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
98 speeches (10,768 words) Thursday 6th February 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) I hope that an elections Bill, including votes at 16, will be forthcoming in the next Session and that - Link to Speech |
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Proportional Representation: General Elections
145 speeches (21,858 words) Thursday 30th January 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Joe Powell (Lab - Kensington and Bayswater) I hope the Government will consider restoring that system in any future elections Bill that is being - Link to Speech |
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Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill
88 speeches (14,389 words) 2nd reading Friday 17th January 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) and Scottish Governments declined to provide the necessary legislative consent motions when the Elections Bill - Link to Speech |
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Political Parties: Funding
21 speeches (1,588 words) Wednesday 15th January 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the Labour Front Bench tabled amendments to the Elections Bill in 2022 that would have granted - Link to Speech |
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Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) Regulations 2024
16 speeches (4,235 words) Thursday 28th November 2024 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Rennard (LD - Life peer) When I moved an amendment to the then Elections Bill in 2022 proposing just this, I was pleased to have - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 18th March 2025
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Review of the 2024 general election - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: However, we are focused on ensuring that we have, we hope, a Bill coming—an elections Bill—subject |
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Thursday 13th February 2025
Written Evidence - Electoral Reform Society WOC0302 - The work of the Committee The work of the Committee - Modernisation Committee Found: example, at the end of the 2021-22 session, the House of Lords was simultaneously considering the Elections Bill |
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Tuesday 11th February 2025
Written Evidence - Liberal Democrats Abroad RGE0021 - Review of the 2024 general election Review of the 2024 general election - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: As active participants in the consultations surrounding the Elections Bill, LDA also supported the proposals |
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Tuesday 11th February 2025
Written Evidence - Ken Westmoreland RGE0020 - Review of the 2024 general election Review of the 2024 general election - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: researching for this submission, I came across the contribution by Lord Stunell to the debate on the Elections Bill |
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Tuesday 11th February 2025
Written Evidence - Migrant Democracy Project RGE0016 - Review of the 2024 general election Review of the 2024 general election - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: Our Home Our Vote was formed in 2021, in response to the changes announced by the then 2021 Elections Bill |
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Tuesday 11th February 2025
Written Evidence - RNIB RGE0014 - Review of the 2024 general election Review of the 2024 general election - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: RNIB raised strong concerns about the introduction of voter ID when the Elections Bill was going through |
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Tuesday 4th February 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-02-04 10:00:00+00:00 Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Found: I think, certainly while the Elections Bill was being debated, and as it went through Parliament, we |
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Tuesday 21st January 2025
Oral Evidence - Royal Mail, Royal Mail, Association of Electoral Administrators, and Association of Electoral Administrators Review of the 2024 general election - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: Stanyon: A lot of work is already going on along those lines with officials ahead of the potential elections Bill |
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Elections
Asked by: John McDonnell (Independent - Hayes and Harlington) Monday 18th November 2024 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish an Equality Impact Assessment of changes resulting from the Elections Act 2022. Answered by Rushanara Ali - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The previous Government published the Equality Impact Assessment relating to changes resulting from the Elections Act 2022. This was published on 5 July 2021 and can be found here: Elections Bill equality assessment. We are currently undertaking an evaluation of the impact and implementation of the Elections Act at the recent UK Parliamentary General Election, as set out in legislation. Our evaluation report will be published in due course. |
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The Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill 2024-25 - CBP-10180
Jan. 27 2025 Found: The Elections Bill 2021-22, as introduced, would have made the changes for all elections. |
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The Electoral Commission - CBP-10177
Jan. 22 2025 Found: adequacy of existing accountability structures…we will bring forward measures in the forthcoming Elections Bill |
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Thursday 5th December 22 signatures (Most recent: 27 Jan 2025) Tabled by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath) That this House believes democracy works best when all who are a part of our community can participate; acknowledges that everyone who has made the UK their long-term home, pays taxes, does their bit and contributes to society should have the right to vote in local and parliamentary elections; regrets … |
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Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill
Wednesday 12th March 2025 The Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill is a Member's Bill introduced in the Parliament on 17 December 2024 by Graham Simpson MSP. This briefing provides information on the Bill and sets out the process for the introduction and consideration of a Member's Bill in the Scottish Parliament. View source webpage Found: Elections Bill 2021-22. |
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Approaches to recall of elected representatives
Wednesday 12th March 2025 This briefing provides an overview of the typical features of mechanisms for recalling elected representatives. The briefing also summarises proposed and operational recall mechanisms in the United Kingdom, and examples of recall mechanisms in other countries.This SPICe briefing has been prepared by Bruce McCall as part of a work experience placement in the Environment, View source webpage Found: Commons, UK Parliament) ____________7 Consideration of recall during the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill |