Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to para 71 of the Explanatory Notes to the representation of the People Bill as introduced in the House of Commons on 14 May 2026, whether the Electoral Commission has been informed of which offences that the Government is minded to prescribe in secondary legislation.

The Commission has discussed the offences that the UK Government may prescribe in secondary legislation. The Electoral Commission continues to work closely with the Government, through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on implementing the measures in the Bill.