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Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Electoral Commission
Meeting date: 9 November 2023
Martin Whitfield
We will certainly consider that in our next discussion.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Electoral Commission
Meeting date: 9 November 2023
Martin Whitfield
Yes, in essence, the same data is taken when the register shuts at specific dates. It must be the fact that people who are eligible to be on the register but were not on it at that date are not part of the calculation that is made, including for other purposes such as the one that you mentioned.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Electoral Commission
Meeting date: 9 November 2023
Martin Whitfield
I know, but the Electoral Commission has made an offer to come back with a better estimation, which we will need.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Electoral Commission
Meeting date: 9 November 2023
Martin Whitfield
That is very helpful.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Electoral Commission
Meeting date: 9 November 2023
Martin Whitfield
That is a potential vehicle for the change that is coming along in the near future. Good.
As members have no further questions, I thank Dame Susan and our other guests for their contribution today. It has been incredibly helpful, as you will have noted from the discussions that have gone on. We know where you are and we might well correspond seeking further information from you. I know that we have requested specific information but, if there is anything that you would like us to be aware of in the report that we have not managed to cover, please feel free to contact us. Thank you for your attendance today.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Electoral Commission
Meeting date: 9 November 2023
Martin Whitfield
I will now move the session into private.
10:46 Meeting continued in private until 11:28.Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Electoral Commission
Meeting date: 9 November 2023
Martin Whitfield
Excellent. Thank you very much for that.
I now invite committee members to lead off on various sets of questions. If other members have additional questions, I will come to them when they do. I turn first to Ivan McKee.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Electoral Commission
Meeting date: 9 November 2023
Martin Whitfield
Are you starting to identify any areas in which you might have concerns about implementation—as you say, leaning in to ensure that there are no breaches? Are you getting any indicative red lights on the dashboard about specific areas in which there might be challenges?
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Electoral Commission
Meeting date: 9 November 2023
Martin Whitfield
Do you have a timescale for looking at AI? I am conscious that you have mentioned the potential of a general election next year and, clearly, there will not be a finalised position on that. Do you have a timescale for it, so that we can take note and come back to you on it?
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Electoral Commission
Meeting date: 9 November 2023
Martin Whitfield
I am sorry to cut you off, but what do you see as your role—if you see yourself as having a role—in leading the discussion on how to increase the embedding of the democratic process within education? You spoke about bringing groups together in safe spaces, although not with the same language with regard to schools. Do you see yourselves as having a role in that?
