We present observations between 14.2 and 17.9 GHz of sixteen Galactic Hii regions made with the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager ( AMI ) .
In conjunction with data from the literature at lower radio frequencies we investigate the possibility of a spinning dust component in the spectra of these objects .
We conclude that there is no significant evidence for spinning dust towards these sources and measure an average spectral index of \alpha = 0.15 \pm 0.07 ( where S \propto \nu ^ { - \alpha } ) between 1.4 and 17.9 GHz for the sample .