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From The Rt Hon Mark Harper
  • Government introduces legislation for individual electoral registration

    The Electoral Registration and Administration Bil, if passed, will tackle electoral fraud by speeding up and modernising voter registration.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Register of voters to be more accurate and complete

    The government has strengthened proposals for a new individual register of voters to make the scheme simpler for the majority of voters.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Proposals for register of lobbyists

    Mark Harper, Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, launched a 12-week consultation on current proposals for a statutory register of lobbyists.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons established

    The consequences of devolution for the House of Commons are being examined by a new, independent commission.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Voters to have power to remove MPs for serious wrongdoing

    The public will be given the right to recall their local MP if they are found to have engaged in serious wrongdoing.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Historic Bill establishes fixed-term Parliaments

    Prime Ministers will no longer have the right to call a General Election at a time of their own choosing: Parliament has passed the historic Fixed-term Parliaments Bill.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £11 million saved as electors database plan abandoned

    Plans to create an expensive database of electors are to be abandoned - saving taxpayers more than £11m.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Overseas and service personnel voters to benefit from extension to elections timetables

    Overseas and service personnel voters will have more time to return their ballot papers under proposals to extend the electoral timetable.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New voter registration steps set out

    New steps voters will be required to take to be included on the electoral register are set out today by the government.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • EU Directive on Passenger Name Records

    This statement was given to the House of Commons by the minister for immigration on Tuesday 10 May 2011.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government supports participation in 5 May polls for forces in Afghanistan

    The government has confirmed the support that will be available for members of the Armed Forces serving overseas who want to vote on 5 May.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New funding will help disabled people become MPs

    Disabled people who want to become councillors or MPs will have access to a fund to help them overcome the barriers they face.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Section 141 of the Mental Health Act to be abolished

    A law that automatically expel MPs from Parliament if they have a serious mental health condition is to be abolished.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government approach to prisoner voting rights

    The government has confirmed proposals for prisoner voting rights which will prevent the most serious offenders from voting.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Civic honours competition for Diamond Jubilee launched

    A competition to create a new city to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 has been launched.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Voters to register individually by 2014

    Voters will be asked to register individually from 2014 in order to modernise the electoral registration system and tackle fraud.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government