§ Mr. HawkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Working Party on Electoral Procedures has proposed in its interim report that political parties should not have access to the full electoral register for membership and fund-raising purposes. [92727]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe Working Party has recommended that the full register should continue to be available to electoral users as at present. The final report of the Working Party, which will be put forward later this summer, will describe in more detail the electoral purposes for which it will be made available.
§ Mr. HawkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place on the internet a complete list of the business and charitable organisations which responded to his consultation on the commercial sale of the electoral register. [92726]
§ Mr. George HowarthIn the absence of permission from all the organisations concerned, we do not intend to do so.