Digital Competition

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Excerpts

Tuesday 5th November 2019 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist]

I do not recognise those reports; I have not read them myself. However, the Government are committed to increasing transparency in digital campaigning to maintain a fair and proportionate democratic process. To this end, the Government announced, on 5 May this year, that they will implement an imprints regime for digital election material. The defending democracy programme, which we have already set up in the Cabinet Office, also works across government departments to strengthen the integrity of our electoral system.

[Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)]

My Lords, if the Government are so committed to transparency, why have they not released the report of the Intelligence and Security Committee looking at the potential influence of Russian interference in our electoral system?

[Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist]

The noble Lord is straying slightly away from the original Question, but the Prime Minister is considering the report and will report in due course.