Finally, in March 2018, in its response to "Intimidation in Public Life: a Review by the Committee on Standards in Public Life", the Government additionally accepted the Committee's recommendation that it should "bring forward legislation to remove the requirement for candidates standing as local councillors to have their home addresses published on the ballot paper". That requirement would be replaced by "an option to include a statement of residence based on an electoral area the candidate lives in rather than having to include a specific address".