Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Electoral Commission will be given a role in checking the accuracy of returns from accredited campaigners in a Recall Petition under the Recall of MPs Act 2015.

Returns from accredited campaigners will be publicly available and can be inspected by the public. The enforcement of the rules will be broadly a matter for the police. The Government has no plans to amend the Recall of MPs Act 2015 to give the Electoral Commission a role in checking the accuracy of returns from accredited campaigners.