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Ranil Jayawardena Excerpts

Wednesday 14th December 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire) (Con)]

Both Ministers have talked about creating a democracy that works for everyone, so will they look further at making sure that first past the post is rolled out for mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections?

[Chris Skidmore]

I sat in on my hon. Friend’s ten-minute rule Bill, which I listened to with intent, but while the Government are absolutely committed to first past the post as an electoral system, as set out in our manifesto, we need to ensure that the conduct of elections set out in legislation is carefully managed.