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Kevin Foster
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(8 years, 10 months ago)
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Mr Streeter
The Electoral Commission is extremely exercised about the issue of appointing the lead campaigns, and it will do that as soon as possible.
Kevin Foster (Torbay) (Con)
Will my hon. Friend confirm whether the Electoral Commission has given any views about potential dates for the EU referendum in June?
Mr Streeter
My hon. Friend has his finger on the pulse. Let me read one sentence from the appropriate letter:
“As may be expected, the impact is greater the closer together the dates of poll and is particularly significant for the first two Thursdays in June (2 and 9 June in the case of 2016.) I would encourage that these dates are avoided if it is possible to do so.”
That is the advice that the Electoral Commission has given the Government.