Clause 9 - Expenditure
Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill
4:45 pm
Mr Christopher Leslie (Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office; Shipley, Labour)
My understanding is that they represent the cost of the all-postal ballot itself. I am afraid that we have no more precise figures at this stage. My view is that the all-postal ballot aspect is likely to be one of the more expensive elements of a referendum, so those figures give an idea of the likely envelope of expenses that might be incurred in those regions. Certainly, normal costs and expenses for counting officers and electoral officials will be incurred. I do not anticipate any significant departure there from normal electoral arrangements.