Clause 6 - CORE schemes: procedure
Electoral Administration Bill
12:00 pm
Eleanor Laing (Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Scotland; Epping Forest, Conservative)
Clause 6(4) rightly states:
''An order establishing or varying a CORE scheme must not be made unless the Secretary of State first consults—
(a) the Electoral Commission;
(b) the Information Commissioner;
(c) the ERO who acts for each area proposed to be specified in the scheme;
(d) the ERO who acts for an area the specification of which the Secretary of State proposes to remove from the scheme.''
That is all perfectly reasonable, and we have no objection to it, but why should not there be consultation with the political parties? They know how the register works and are aware of what is and is not working correctly in an area.