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HANSARDElections BillI take note of that and will make sure that my noble friend understands the unpicking of all of that. I reassure the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, that this flexibility does not…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillUnderstood. Listening to the debate, two words have come out, and we will reflect those. One is “safeguarding”, and one is “transparency”, as the noble Baroness has just said.…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for a very thorough piece of scrutiny of this part of the Bill. I think it would be useful if between now and Report we had a…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillNo—we are talking about ensuring that the list provided in Schedule 9 remains accurate through powers to omit offences from the list and vary the description. So it is varying or…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillFirst, I thank my noble friend for bringing the Committee up to date with the letter from the Minister to the Electoral Commission and the Metropolitan police that we discussed at…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI will get an answer for the noble Lord and write to him. The list includes, but is not limited to, stalking, harassment, common assault and threats to kill. By creating a new…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillIssues from around the country that we need to take note of have been brought forward in this Committee.28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillIt is considered to be the correct benchmark taking into account proportionality and the fact that many of these crimes will have further consequences because other crimes have…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI thank the noble Lord for being very brief, and I will try to be nearly as brief. I am sure that it is a very well-intentioned amendment, but its effect would be minimal. I can…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillNo, I did not say that we were minded to consolidate at all. I go back to what I said: the Government’s immediate priority will be the implementation of our manifesto commitments,…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI do not know, but what I can say is that it is a continuing process, as I have said. We will monitor any future impacts, and I will get a fuller answer for the noble Lord.28 Mar 2022HANSARDTaxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) BillMy Lords, I, too, send my best wishes to my noble friend Lord Borwick, who is unwell, and thank my noble friend for standing in for him today. I am pleased to be here to give my…25 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI fear that at this late hour, I will disappoint the noble Lord. This amendment would require the Government to prepare a report on proposals for the creation of overseas…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI shall certainly ask the team to go back and check. I do not know whether it was Solace or another group that has been working with the policy team on this. We will check that…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, these amendments both seek to improve and expedite means of voting for British citizens living overseas. My noble friend mentioned Estonia and although Estonia has…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I will first answer the noble Lord, Lord Stunell: it is late and I do not have all the answers, but we will get a letter to him as soon as we can to answer his…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI do not know, but I will look into that with the team. Automatic registration therefore risks not being truly automatic or adding ineligible people to the register. For example,…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I thank the Committee for the debate; it is a debate we had two years ago when we were discussing a previous Bill. If applying to vote was difficult or time-consuming,…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI will.23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillSecurity is not as necessary for that as it would be for voting. Amendment 150 from the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, would require the Government to ask the Electoral Commission to…23 Mar 2022