Written question asked by Ben Wallace (Conservative) on Thursday, 8 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 November 2007. It was answered by David Cairns (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 November 2007 on behalf of the Scotland Office.

Elections

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the legislation sub-group of his Department's 2007 elections steering group was consulted on the proposed ballot paper for the Scottish Parliament elections.

Answer: Neither the 2007 elections steering group nor its legislation sub-group were established by the Scotland Office. The elections steering group was chaired by the Scottish Executive. The steering group's legislation sub-group was chaired by the Scottish Executive when the local government legislation was under discussion and the Scotland Office when the Scottish Parliament legislation was under discussion. The sub-group was consulted directly on the proposed ballot paper for the Scottish Parliament election at a meeting of the sub-group on 10 August 2006.

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