Date and time: Thursday 7 November 2013 at 10.00 am

Location:  Grimond Room, Portcullis House

On 23 October 2013, the Electoral Commission published its assessment of whether sufficient progress has been made with the implementation process for Individual Electoral Registration (IER) for the Minister to sign the necessary commencement order, meaning that the transition to IER will begin from June 2014.  This session is an opportunity for the Committee to hear from the Electoral Commission about its assessment and to question Cabinet Office officials about the points that the Commission raises. 

Witnesses:

10.00 am

Jenny Watson, Chair, Electoral Commission

Peter Wardle, Chief Executive, Electoral Commission

Phil Thompson, Research and Evaluation Manager, Electoral Commission

11.00 am

Ciaran Martin, Constitution Director and Senior Responsible  Owner for the Electoral Registration Transformation Programme, Cabinet Office

Colin Dingwall, Programme Director, Electoral Registration Transformation Programme, Cabinet Office