Referendums

(asked on 9th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for amending legislation on the conduct of referendums to make sanctions for serious breaches of the law analogous to those for elections.


Answered by
Lord Young of Cookham Portrait
Lord Young of Cookham
This question was answered on 18th July 2018

The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA) regulates political funding and spending at elections and referendums. Breaches of these laws attract both criminal and civil sanctions.

Bespoke Acts of Parliament are brought forward for each referendum and it is usual practice for the conduct rules to apply to many of the offences which are included in the Representation of the People Act 1983.

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