Question follow-through · 901568
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
- 26 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 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.
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government has no plans to change the voting system for Parliamentary elections.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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