Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in the number of deaths caused by cervical cancer in England in the last five years, broken down by age group; what strains of HPV have been identified as causes of death; and how many of those deaths occurred for women who had been vaccinated against HPV.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to bring forward legislation to implement the recommendations of the Law Commission's 2016 review of electoral law.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The Government looks forward to the review by the Committee on Standards in Public Life and will wish to consider in due course how to respond to its findings.
The Government will continue to work with the Law Commission on how best to implement their recommendations from their review of electoral law in collaboration with other stakeholders.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the announced review of electoral abuse by the Committee for Standards in Public Life will supersede implementation of the recommendations of the Law Commission's review of electoral law.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The Government looks forward to the review by the Committee on Standards in Public Life and will wish to consider in due course how to respond to its findings.
The Government will continue to work with the Law Commission on how best to implement their recommendations from their review of electoral law in collaboration with other stakeholders.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to provide to the Minister tasked with taking forward the Government’s investigation into the abuse of electoral candidates details of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Electoral Conduct and its subsequent updates.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
I refer the honourable member to the answer given by the Prime Minister on the 19th July 2017 to PQ4219 and PQ4220.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, if she will ensure that Ministers drawing up plans to tackle abuse of electoral candidates take account of the findings of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Electoral Conduct, published in 2013, and updates to that report.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
I have asked the independent Committee on Standards in Public Life to carry out a review of the intimidation experienced by parliamentary candidates, including those who stood to become Members of Parliament at the 2017 General Election.
This review should:
“Examine the nature of the problem and consider whether measures already in place to address such behaviour are sufficient to protect the integrity of public service; and whether such measures are (a) effective, especially given the rise of social media, and (b) enforceable
Produce a report for the Prime Minister, including recommendations for action focused on what could be done in the short- and long-term, and identifying examples of good practice.
The review will recognise the important role of legitimate scrutiny of those standing for public office by the public and the press.”
It will be for the Committee to decide its approach and to gather evidence of abuse; examine the nature of the problem; consider whether the measures already in place to address such behaviour are effective and enforceable and make recommendations for action. I look forward to receiving their findings.
I would encourage the All-Party Parliamentary Group to submit its reports and evidence to the Committee’s review.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, what steps she plans to take to tackle abuse of electoral candidates; what plans she has to investigate past instances of such abuse; and which Ministers will be responsible for that work.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
I have asked the independent Committee on Standards in Public Life to carry out a review of the intimidation experienced by parliamentary candidates, including those who stood to become Members of Parliament at the 2017 General Election.
This review should:
“Examine the nature of the problem and consider whether measures already in place to address such behaviour are sufficient to protect the integrity of public service; and whether such measures are (a) effective, especially given the rise of social media, and (b) enforceable
Produce a report for the Prime Minister, including recommendations for action focused on what could be done in the short- and long-term, and identifying examples of good practice.
The review will recognise the important role of legitimate scrutiny of those standing for public office by the public and the press.”
It will be for the Committee to decide its approach and to gather evidence of abuse; examine the nature of the problem; consider whether the measures already in place to address such behaviour are effective and enforceable and make recommendations for action. I look forward to receiving their findings.
I would encourage the All-Party Parliamentary Group to submit its reports and evidence to the Committee’s review.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many prosecutions there have been for electoral fraud relating to postal votes in each of the last five years; and to which parliamentary constituencies such prosecutions related.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
This Government is committed to creating a secure and clear democracy that works for all. We published our response to the Rt. Hon. Sir Eric Pickles’ report on electoral fraud in December 2016 setting out the Government’s approach to tackling the recommendations Sir Eric made.
The Electoral Commission publishes annual analysis of electoral fraud on their website. (http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/electoral-fraud/data-and-analysis?)
Further information on electoral fraud is available in the reports.