PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
UK Membership of EU: Referendums (7 July 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek the advice of the Venice Commission on the circumstances in which it would be appropriate for the resources available to (a) the Prime Minister and (b) other elements of the Government to be utilised during the purdah period in the forthcoming EU referendum.

Asked by:
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)

We have no plans to seek the advice of the Venice Commission. We will of course consider their recommendations very carefully when framing amendments to the European Union Referendum Bill, including the 2007 "Code of Good Practice on Referendums".

Answered by:
Sir David Lidington (Conservative)
13 July 2015