Comment from spokesperson about Academy being ready to vote (7)
I believe the answer is:
quorate
'ready to vote' is the definition.
'comment from spokesperson about academy' is the wordplay.
'comment from spokesperson' becomes 'quote'.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'academy' becomes 'ra' (abbreviation for Royal Academy).
'quote' going around 'ra' is 'QUORATE'.
'being' is the link.
(Other definitions for quorate that I've seen before include "Having enough people" , "Having sufficient numbers for meeting" , "With enough members present to function" .)