Further written evidence to be reported to the House
Political Parties and Elections Bill
1:00 pm
Michael Wills (Minister of State, Ministry of Justice; North Swindon, Labour)
As I say, we shall return to the matter. I am grateful for your contribution. I am conscious of the time and the fact that others still want to come in.
Professor Ewing, you made a good point about regulators regulating themselves. Aside from the fact that only four out of the 10 commissioners would be appointed in the proposed way and the rest of them would not have had political experience, do you agree that, if a person had recent political experience and is not currently an elected politician or seeking election, that would not be a case of the regulators regulating themselves?