Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what, if any, decision or guidance the Electoral Commission has made or published in the last four years they disagree with; and in each case, why they disagree with it.

The Electoral Commission are operationally independent of Government and governed by their Electoral Commissioners. They are accountable to Parliament through the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission. It would therefore not be appropriate for the Government to provide its views in relation to specific enforcement decisions by the Electoral Commission.

The Government will continue to work closely with the Electoral Commission, and others, to protect the integrity, security and effectiveness of referendums and elections.