EU Referendum Bill, part one: final session
16 July 2015
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee (PACAC) holds its third and final evidence session for this part of the inquiry into EU Referendum Bill, part one: purdah and impartiality on Tuesday 21 July 2015.
- Inquiry: EU Referendum Bill, part one: purdah and impartiality
- Parliament TV: EU Referendum Bill, part one: purdah and impartiality
- Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs
Witnesses
At 9.30am
- Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the
Civil Service; and
At 10.15am
- Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Minister for Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and
- John Penrose MP, Minister for Constitutional Reform, Cabinet Office
This meeting will take place in the Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House.
Purpose of session
The session covers the background to Purdah and the Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA), the experience of referendums since PPERA, the Government's proposals to disapply Section 125 of PPERA for the EU Referendum and the potential impact these may have on civil service impartiality.
Further information
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