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HANSARDRepresentation of the People (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 April be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 13 May .15 May 2024HANSARDTraveller Site FundWhat is being delivered are 10 pitches on one new transit site, 225 pitch refurbishments over 14 sites, and 14 pitch refurbishments and an extension to one permanent site. Those…15 May 2024HANSARDTraveller Site FundThe £10 million Traveller site fund closed on 13 June 2023. Overall, 97 bids for funding were received from 66 local authorities across England, nine local authorities were…15 May 2024HANSARDTraveller Site FundI do not know of any research on that. I am sure my noble friend will have his views on it and others will as well. I do not think we have any definite evidence on that so I would…15 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillThat the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 7, Schedule 1, Clauses 8 to 18, Schedule 2, Clauses 19 to 29, Schedule…15 May 2024HANSARDTraveller Site FundNo. That is a very recent decision. I do not know that there are any plans but, certainly as soon as we have them, I will let the noble Baroness know.15 May 2024HANSARDTraveller Site FundMy noble friend asks an interesting question to which I do not have the answer, but it is probably very complex and there will be numerous reasons for it. Interestingly, last year…15 May 2024HANSARDTraveller Site FundWe do not intend at this time to put any more money in as we did with the £10 million. However, local authorities can go to the affordable homes programme, which has £11.5…15 May 2024HANSARDTraveller Site FundI thank my noble friend Lord Bourne for all his work when he was a Minister in my position. I do not have an update on the Bourne review, but I will certainly write to the noble…15 May 2024HANSARDRepresentation of the People (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024No, I do not accept that. The Electoral Commission and the Government have always been out there advertising and promoting the need to vote in this country, as have the political…13 May 2024HANSARDRepresentation of the People (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I do not know about “incorrectly registered”. I will take that back and look at the numbers but we have to accept that, in any democracy, some people just do not want to vote. I…13 May 2024HANSARDRepresentation of the People (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I thank noble Lords for their contributions today. I will go through a few of the issues that were brought up. First, the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, is absolutely right: the…13 May 2024HANSARDRepresentation of the People (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, in 2022, Parliament passed the Elections Act, which, among many other measures, introduced measures to amend the franchise to reflect the UK’s new relationship with the…13 May 2024HANSARDRepresentation of the People (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Representation of the People (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.13 May 2024HANSARDCouncillors: Publication of AddressesThe noble Lord is absolutely right. We cannot have intimidation stopping people wanting to be elected to represent their communities at whatever level—it is important even at…08 May 2024HANSARDCouncillors: Publication of AddressesI do not think it is a requirement to live in that local authority area necessarily, but it is important that anything on the register is correct. Obviously, there are ways of…08 May 2024HANSARDCouncillors: Publication of AddressesI will certainly take that back to the department. Anything more that we can do to protect democracy, particularly in local elections, we will do—I will make sure that I do that…08 May 2024HANSARDCouncillors: Publication of AddressesMy Lords, we have already enacted one of the recommendations from the Committee on Standards in Public Life, about candidates, but, as I said before, the issue of local…08 May 2024HANSARDCouncillors: Publication of AddressesAs far as families are concerned, my noble friend is absolutely right. That is why they are mentioned under the “sensitive interests” provision and protected in the same way as…08 May 2024HANSARDCouncillors: Publication of AddressesThis is exactly what the Government have said they will look to do as soon as they get legislative time. At the moment, it is better that we have an opt-in, or is it an opt-out? I…08 May 2024