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HANSARDElections BillThey can vote them out, but it is much more obscure—the link is much less direct. The supplementary vote system, which is what we are talking about replacing, clearly allows…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, with whom I completely agree. I will speak mainly on the opposition to Clause 11 standing part, which is in this…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI hear what the noble Lord has said, but the difference between the spoilt ballot papers in the local elections at that time and the PCC and London mayoral elections is too great…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, voter ID is not something dreamed up by the Government with the express intention of suppressing voter turnout, as various noble Lords have come perilously close to…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI cannot answer that question, but the purpose of pilots is to find out what practical problems there are with major policies, and it was good practice on the Government’s part to…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness says we are not comparing like with like, and I completely agree. I drew no parallels with the wearing of identity badges in this building or, indeed,…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillThe world has changed very considerably in the past half a century.21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI am sorry that I do not have chapter and verse with me, but the Electoral Commission has called for voter ID since 2014. As I said, Northern Ireland has used it for nearly 40…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillThat is an entirely irrelevant observation, if I may say so. I have heard many noble Lords say that this is a solution to a problem that does not exist, but I believe that that is…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI am just about to finish, if the noble Baroness does not mind. I hope that noble Lords will stand back and look at these reforms through 21st-century eyes and see them as…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI do not think the only metric is how satisfied people were. The most important thing is how comfortable people are with the integrity of the voting system. Just being satisfied…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillDoes the noble Lord believe that this will be a permanent or a temporary effect? As my noble friend Lord Hayward said, voter ID has existed in Northern Ireland for a very long…17 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness made some interesting points about the issues that will face local government in implementing these proposals. She referred to the cost estimates,…17 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, ordinarily I would not support a novel procedure which overrode the precedence of the ways in which we normally do business and in which the Government expect to direct…16 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I have one further question to add to the questions that have been put to the Minister. New subsection (3C), which will be introduced by Clause 21, refers to calculation…15 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, this is the most extraordinary debate that I have ever taken part in, with the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, first disowning the amendment in her name on the…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Collins of Highbury, has ranged rather more widely than the contents of the two amendments in this group, but I respect that Committee is an…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI do not think that is a relevant question because I do not believe the statement is going to be used to try to fine-tune what is done in relation to any particular election. It…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI am going to let my noble friend the Minister answer all this in detail because I am not a government spokesman on this. I was merely offering my opinion on the timeframe. When…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, if I may respond to that, I was careful to say that it a broad presumption of five years and that the Bill allows for other opportunities, which I am sure my noble…10 Mar 2022