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Written Question
Elections
Monday 24th February 2020

Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the correlation between the level of (a) turnout at elections and (b) detection of electoral fraud.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The Government has not undertaken an assessment of the correlation between the level of turnout at elections and detection of electoral fraud.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Feb 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the use of its taxation powers. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Feb 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Scottish Government’s decision to make Scotland the highest taxed part of the United Kingdom is not only regrettable but yet another broken SNP promise?..."
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Written Question
Local Government: Elections
Tuesday 28th January 2020

Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the effect on the public purse of holding combined local elections every four years for local authorities, police and crime commissioners, regional mayors and the Greater London Authority.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The Government has not made an assessment of the effect on the public purse of holding combined elections every four years. Not all local authorities hold their council elections on a four-year cycle and new elected positions can be created, as we have seen for local authority and combined authority mayors in recent years.

Combined polls will often result in lower overall costs to public funds both in respect of the Consolidated Fund and the relevant devolved administration or local authority sources. Combination has also been shown to increase turnout in instances where a poll that traditionally experiences low turnout is combined with a poll where turnout is higher.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my hon. Friend agree that part of having integrity in the system is ensuring that it is easy for people to understand? Electoral systems are critical to that, so will he bring forward plans to introduce first past the post in all English elections?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q6. Can my right hon. Friend explain why she ordered that the consultation on the troubles in Northern Ireland not contain proposals for a statute of limitations, as reported in The Sunday Telegraph, and can she update us on what the Government will actually do?..."
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Written Question
Constituencies
Friday 17th May 2019

Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on local communities of parliamentary boundary changes that result in parliamentary constituencies covering three (a) district or (b) borough councils, in addition to a county council.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The Government is committed to delivering more equal and updated parliamentary constituencies to ensure there is fair and equal representation for electors across the UK.

The four independent Boundary Commissions conducted the 2018 Boundary Review and made recommendations in accordance with rules previously agreed by Parliament.

It is for the Boundary Commissions to take into account relevant factors when recommending parliamentary constituencies, including local government boundaries

Speech in General Committees - Wed 13 Feb 2019
Draft Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"Further to the point made by the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, may I make a suggestion? Does my hon. Friend agree that broadband is critical for the future of our country, but that too often public procurement rules have been used to stop the roll-out of broadband by …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 13 Feb 2019
Draft Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"Looking at the history, Moldova was the only country to object to our accession to the GPA. Following further discussion with our mission in Geneva, Moldova has now agreed to withdraw that opposition. Indeed, the members of the GPA committee have agreed to our accession...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q12. This House has a duty to ensure that the next generation live better lives tomorrow than we live today, so how does my right hon. Friend respond to the audit carried out by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists that found that three quarters of the hundreds of …..."
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