§ 26. Mr. BarnesTo ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what proposals the Electoral Commission has to encourage electoral returning officers to canvass local residents in order to update electoral registration. [166168]
§ Mr. ViggersThe Commission published a report last year on the electoral registration process, which made a number of recommendations for changes to the law and identified good practice in the management of the electoral registration process. The Commission also intends to issue practice guidance to electoral registration officers on what is possible and desirable within the current statutory framework to improve the accuracy of the register.