Clause 5
Political Parties and Elections Bill
12:15 pm
Michael Wills (Minister of State, Ministry of Justice; North Swindon, Labour)
In the spirit of earnest intellectual co-operation, I draw the hon. Gentleman’s attention to clause 5(4), which states:
“In subsection (3) ‘nominating party’ means a party whose registered leader—
(a) has put forward two or more persons to be considered for appointment as a nominated Commissioner, or...previously put forward”.
I would be grateful if he explained the confusion and said why matters are not clear to him, although I know that none of us can answer for the Electoral Commission’s confusion on this matter, or indeed any other.