Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Evennett and Nick Clegg

Tuesday 24th May 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con)]

What steps is my right hon. Friend taking to review the effectiveness of the current methods of electoral registration, and to assist all councils to maximise the number of people on the electoral register?

[The Deputy Prime Minister]

We are planning to legislate to introduce individual electoral registration, which of course is intended principally to deal with cases of electoral fraud. At the same time, we hope to pilot in the coming months new schemes to compare the electoral register with other publicly available databases, so that electoral registration officers can go out to communities in which they are active and ensure that if people are missing on one database, they can be included in the other.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Evennett and Nick Clegg

Tuesday 27th July 2010 Commons Chamber

[The Deputy Prime Minister]

The hon. Lady screams from a sedentary position to ask what we are doing about it, but what did she do about it for 13 years?

[Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con)]

T7. Does my right hon. Friend have any plans if the referendum on AV is successful and the voting system is changed for parliamentary elections to reform the voting system for local government elections?

[The Deputy Prime Minister]

There is of course a legitimate debate to be held about the voting systems for local government, but we have already embarked on a fairly rich menu of political and constitutional reforms, and we have no plans at present to make changes to the electoral arrangements for local government.