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HANSARDElections Bill (Ninth sitting)I may have forgotten the first part of the hon. Gentleman’s intervention; I ask his forgiveness if I do not respond to that. If the hon. Gentleman put out a Facebook ask to his…21 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Ninth sitting)Amendments 85 and 86 are on a report on awareness of overseas electors and a report on the effects of the number of registered electors. These two amendments ask the Government to…21 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Ms Ali. Clause 6 extends the requirement of secrecy to proxy and postal votes, which is a right and proper move. It…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the Minister for her remarks and echo the fact that for many of us, our politics and our faith are entwined. Indeed, our faith backgrounds often influence our politics and…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Eighth sitting)I congratulate the hon. Member for Glasgow North on tabling this amendment. It was so good that I tried to table exactly the same amendment a day after him, but he beat me to it,…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)I have been reflecting on what my hon. Friend has been saying. I recently had to send off my driving licence to update my address, and that happens to have coincided with the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the Minister give way?19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)I had not intended to give a speech, but I want to raise the point that when we look at international comparisons, it is important to find countries that reflect our country. The…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)The official Opposition rise to support that clause 3 stand part of the Bill. Indeed, the advice given by the Electoral Commission is also issued by the Labour party to our own…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 69, in clause 4, page 8, line 27, at end insert— “(6) The Secretary of State may not make any regulations using powers under this section unless they have…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 4 is about the handing in of postal vote documents—not necessarily by party political campaigners, but by anyone. It is about setting out requirements for the handing in of…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)That is exactly why prelegislative scrutiny would have been useful. This is about the distinction between political campaigners and voters. There are legitimate reasons why some…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)I am glad that the Minister has raised the issue that I will almost certainly be spending many more hours of my life in a Committee Room ironing out how this stuff works in…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)I thought I might help out the hon. Gentleman, because I think he might be straying into the next schedule to the Bill. The hon. Gentleman said that he thought that he would like…19 Oct 2021HANSARDOnline Fraud and Scams11. What steps her Department is taking to tackle online fraud and scams.18 Oct 2021HANSARDOnline Fraud and ScamsI wish to put on record my own condolences to the families of James Brokenshire and Sir David. A lot of people have said that Sir David was a good support to new MPs, but he was…18 Oct 2021HANSARDVoter ID Requirements: Turnout and EnfranchisementMy question was specifically about how this legislation is compatible with human rights laws, so may I invite the Minister to publish the legal advice his Government will have…23 Sept 2021HANSARDVoter ID Requirements: Turnout and EnfranchisementEuropean countries that do require voter ID often have national ID cards, and if that is the Government’s intention, they should be a little more straightforward about it. My…23 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)Sorry, Sir Edward. We do get very lively when we are debating democracy and elections, and whether truths are told in referendum campaigns, but I will not stray into that…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I do not think that any elections have been overturned, as the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute says from a sedentary position. We have to work on the basis of what we know, and…22 Sept 2021