Written question asked by Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 April 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 April 2026. It was answered by Jeremy Wright (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 April 2026 on behalf of the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission.
Elections: Campaigns
- Question
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 118899 on Elections: Campaigns, whether the Electoral Commission has made an assessment whether an imprint in a foreign language is accessible and legible to electors who only speak and read English.
- Answer
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The Electoral Commission has not made such an assessment.
There are no requirements in law on the language of imprints. Campaigners may wish to produce campaign material in other languages to reach voters whose first language is not English. The purpose of an imprint is to ensure that voters seeing the material, know who is responsible for it. Providing an imprint in the same language as the campaign material would be one way to ensure transparency for those voters that the material is targeting.
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- Reference
- 129177
- Session
- 2024-26
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- Subjects
- Campaigns Elections Electoral Commission Languages
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