Question follow-through · 900838
Elections: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of reforming the electoral system used to elect Members of Parliament.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of reforming the electoral system used to elect Members of Parliament.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Oct 2024
Answer published
I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 5974 on 14 October 2024.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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