§ Mr. DjanoglyTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs if he will set up a committee to investigate allegations of corruption, vote tampering and voter manipulation in the June elections. [185076]
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§ Mr. LeslieThe Government have no plan to do so. Some allegations of electoral fraud are already under criminal investigation. In addition, five electoral petitions are before the courts. More generally, the independent Electoral Commission has a statutory duty to report on the European Parliamentary elections. It is also statutorily required to evaluate the operation of the all-postal voting electoral pilots. I understand that the Commission's reports will consider electoral fraud issues.