Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish in full the Prime Minister's diary for 20 May 2020.
Answered by Michael Ellis
Ministers regularly meet departmental officials and external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish in full his predecessor's Ministerial diary for 20 May 2020.
Answered by Michael Ellis
Ministers regularly meet departmental officials and external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many additional people will form part of the electorate following the extension of the franchise to citizens who have been living overseas for more than 15 years.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Government intends to legislate to extend the franchise for UK Parliamentary General Elections to all British citizens living overseas who have been previously registered or previously resident in the UK.
These measures will be included in the Elections Bill, and we will shortly be publishing further information on the impact on the overseas franchise as part of this process.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timetable is for the establishment of the proposed Commission on the Constitution, Democracy and Human Rights.
Answered by Chloe Smith
I refer the Hon. member to the answer given to PQs 1274-1279 on 13 January 2020.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's timetable is for the formation of the Commission on the Constitution, Democracy and Human Rights.
Answered by Chloe Smith
I refer the Hon. member to the answer given to PQs 1274-1279 on 13 January 2020.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the membership of the Commission on the Constitution, Democracy and Human Rights will be determined.
Answered by Chloe Smith
I refer the Hon. member to the answer given to PQs 1274-1279 on 13 January 2020.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the planned scope is of the Commission on the Constitution, Democracy and Human Rights.
Answered by Chloe Smith
I refer the Hon. member to the answer given to PQs 1274-1279 on 13 January 2020.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions (a) he, (b) his advisers and (d) Departmental officials have had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and his (i) advisers and (ii) Departmental officials on the Westferry Printworks development.
Answered by Boris Johnson
I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 3 June 2020 to Questions 52440, 52441, 52442, 52443, and my answers of 3 June 2020, Official Report, Col 843 and of 17 June 2020, Official Report, Col 802.
Neither I nor No10 officials have had contact with the applicant or his representatives in relation to this planning application or appeal.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) he, (b) his advisers or (c) his Departmental officials have had a discussion with a representative of Thorncliffe Communications on the Westferry Printworks development project.
Answered by Boris Johnson
I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 3 June 2020 to Questions 52440, 52441, 52442, 52443, and my answers of 3 June 2020, Official Report, Col 843 and of 17 June 2020, Official Report, Col 802.
Neither I nor No10 officials have had contact with the applicant or his representatives in relation to this planning application or appeal.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to change the rights of EU citizens resident in the UK to (a) stand and (b) vote in local elections before the local government elections in England and Wales in 2021.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The May local elections were postponed until 2021 due to Covid-19.
In that context, the UK Government can confirm that resident EU citizens will remain able to vote and stand in the rescheduled May 2021 local elections in England (including London Assembly elections) and the May 2021 Police and Crime Commissioner elections in England and Wales. Those elected to office will be able to serve their full term and this will also apply to those elected before 2021.
The franchise for local elections are devolved in Scotland and Wales.
As I noted to the Hon. Member in previous answers, the UK Government has been clear that the issue of local voting rights of EU citizens living in the UK needs to be considered alongside the rights and interests of British expats living abroad.
The Government has signed bilateral voting rights agreements with Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg in 2019, and with Poland in May 2020. We continue to work on further bilateral voting rights agreements with other EU member states.