Question follow-through · 111094
Absent Voting: Delivery Services
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions he has had with the Royal Mail's on its ability to deliver outgoing and returned postal votes.
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- Answering body
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions he has had with the Royal Mail's on its ability to deliver outgoing and returned postal votes.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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11 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Electoral Commission regularly engages with Royal Mail to consider the logistics and operational pressures of postal vote delivery, particularly in the run up to elections. This engagement informs the support the Commission provides to Returning Offic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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