Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the system for postal voting.

The Government is committed to strengthening the resilience of our electoral processes, including the postal voting system.

In its 2025 policy paper, here (17/07/2025), the Government set out a package of proposals intended to improve the overall resilience and responsiveness of postal voting following an extensive review. These include moving the postal vote application, and candidate nomination deadlines earlier in the election timetable. This will provide more time for the production, distribution and return of postal votes, benefitting both domestic and overseas postal voters. This package of measures is now being delivered as part of the Representation of the People Bill.