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Over the coming weeks, councils will be holding their annual budget meetings at which they will formally take decisions about their expenditure on local services and their council tax levels for the year ahead. These discussions will affect the lives and household budgets of all who live in the council’s...

Member
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Department
Department for Communities and Local Government
Type
Written statements
Date
4 February 2014
Reference
575 cc15-6WS
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether his Department has allocated funding to support the costs of weekend voting.

Asked by
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 November 2008
Reference
483 c1693W; 238850
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to hold further weekend voting pilots; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 November 2008
Reference
483 c1692-3W; 238811
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 6 May 2008, Official Report, column 795W, on voting methods, what evaluation reports were produced following the May 2000 pilot schemes.

Asked by
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 November 2008
Reference
483 c1692W; 238695
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what research the Equality and Human Rights Commission has undertaken on the implications for faith communities of proposals for weekend voting.

Asked by
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Answering body
Minister for Women and Equalities
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 November 2008
Reference
483 c943W; 236755
House
House of Commons

To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the effect of weekend voting on turnout in areas where weekend voting pilots have taken place.

Asked by
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Answering body
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 May 2008
Reference
475 c717W; 202948
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what pilots of weekend voting have taken place to date; in which local authority areas; and on which dates.

Asked by
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 May 2008
Reference
475 c794-5W; 203141
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans his Department has to (a) consider, (b) consult on and (c) conduct research into compulsory voting; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 April 2008
Reference
474 c1885W; 198983
House
House of Commons

I am sure that my hon. Friend would qualify in that respect. We have national insurance numbers, and the hon. Member for Belfast, East gave us some wise advice about their use. They would give us a degree of certainty, although I agree with hon. Members who said that we...

Member
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
25 October 2005
Reference
438 c254-5
House
House of Commons

It is a particular pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, North (Ms Johnson), as she and I were political opponents in the constituency of Brentwood and Ongar in 2001. We have all had a glimpse today of how formidable a political opponent she can be, and...

Member
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
25 October 2005
Reference
438 c252-4
House
House of Commons

Does the right hon. and learned Lady understand that this is not a mechanism? The failure to register is not because the process is inadequate. Among young people there is a complete disengagement from politics. I commend to her a report produced by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which shows that...

Member
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
25 October 2005
Reference
438 c195
House
House of Commons

That this House notes with astonishment that the honourable Members for Erith & Thamesmead, Kingswood, Leeds North West, Elmet, Gower, Peterborough, Leyton & Wanstead, Putney, Islington North, Newcastle upon Tyne Central, Linlithgow, Llanelli, Holborn & St Pancras, Crewe & Nantwich, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent Central, Newport West, Walthamstow, Norwich North, Birmingham Sparkbrook...

Primary sponsor
David Lidington (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
9 March 2005
Reference
861
House
House of Commons

That this House expresses its deep concern at allegations of cheating and stealing votes in the all-postal vote pilot areas; believes that if the Electoral Commission find the election to be seriously contaminated the Government should reverse the decision already taken to have all-postal voting in the forthcoming referendums on...

Primary sponsor
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
10 June 2004
Reference
1338; 1338A1
House
House of Commons