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HANSARDElections Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his point about Tower Hamlets—a case that he knows well. Indeed, the Pickles report said: “Despite years of warnings on misconduct in Tower Hamlets, the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward, and to follow the hon. Member for Glasgow North; it is good to hear that the SNP also appreciates that Governments…21 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI associate myself with the points of order from my hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant) and the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn). May I also…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank my hon. Friend. I could not agree more about data. I used to work in data before I was in this place. My experience with landfill was that once we got the monitoring…20 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)I have been provoked by the hon. Member for Glasgow North to show some more support from the Government side for the clause. Before I do so, I would like to briefly pay my own…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Member for acknowledging the force of our arguments on the previous amendment, which of course he voted for. Is it not the case that people could still vote for…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for giving way again. The difference, of course, is that a postal vote requires a signature. Someone could literally take a polling card out of another…19 Oct 2021HANSARDWalley’s Quarry: Odorous Emissions5. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the (a) short-term and (b) long-term impact on public health of the ongoing…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)Does the hon. Lady accept that, notwithstanding what she said about safety and making it easy, she has not addressed the security element of knowing the person who turns up is the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDWalley’s Quarry: Odorous EmissionsI welcome the Minister to her place. This ongoing public health emergency in Newcastle-under-Lyme has been a real trial for my constituents. Does she agree that in future the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)The implication of how the amendment has been drawn up is that we would need a Government factory to produce the plastic and another Government factory to produce the ink. It is…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)The shadow Minister makes a reasonable request about secondary legislation. I am sure that she is aware of the evidence that the previous Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I share the Minister’s distaste at the suggestion that people do not have that access and that agency. Is it not the case that the existing elements of voter fraud in the system…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)The shadow Minister will know that just because there are very few convictions does not mean that there is not a bigger funnel of fraud at the top. The purpose of the amendments…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Lady speaks about the evidence, but we heard from Richard Mawrey, who is without doubt the most qualified person to speak about this. He said: “On whether lots of cases…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)It was not just mooted by the Conservatives; the Electoral Commission has for many years recommended that we introduce some element of identification into the voting process. We…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Gentleman dealt with Peter Golds there, but what about the case in Peterborough? Surely the requirement to introduce CCTV that Gillian Beasley told us about says it is…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I will endeavour to follow your strictures, Sir Edward. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship and to follow the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute. It is also a pleasure…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)Given that the Committee has accepted, after a Division, the necessity of voter ID, surely the hon. Lady’s suggestion of a 15-year period does not help deal with the point she is…22 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Coventry North East (Colleen Fletcher). It is also a pleasure to contribute to the debate in which my hon. Friend the Member for…21 Sept 2021