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Elections: Reform

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Question for Cabinet Office

UIN 197377, tabled on 29 November 2018

Question

Tommy Sheppard
Scottish National Party
Edinburgh East
Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has in place for his work stream on electoral reform in preparation for the UK leaving the EU.

Answer

Chloe Smith
Conservative
Norwich North
Commons

Answered on

17 December 2018

The Government will continue to keep the electoral system under review and where appropriate will consider what changes, if any, may be necessary in preparation for and as a consequence of the UK leaving the European Union.

As the UK will cease to be a member of the European Union on 29th March 2019, we will not be taking part in future European Parliamentary elections, including those which are currently scheduled to be held from 23rd to 26th May 2019.

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 repeals the underlying pieces of legislation providing for the holding of European Parliamentary elections in the UK, and we have made a Statutory Instrument under powers in the Act that repeals all associated legislation.

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