Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Cat Smith Excerpts
Wednesday 21st February 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chloe Smith Portrait Chloe Smith
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My hon. Friend reminds us that in the 2017 Conservative manifesto, there was the commitment to maintain first past the post as the way that we vote in this country and to roll it out to additional elections. I look forward to speaking further to him about that.

Cat Smith Portrait Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Lab)
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It is clear that disabled people are under-represented in our democracy and our politics, but in 2015, the Minister’s Government abolished the access to elected office fund, which supported many disabled people in meeting the extra costs in standing for office. How can the Government claim to be making democracy more accessible when these financial barriers are put in their place?