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HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)The Government’s own research showed that 2 million people did not have ID, and 17% of those people said that they would not apply for a locally issued identity document. A…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I am a little confused by the Minister’s intervention. There was a petition on the Parliament website about using digital IDs to access things online. The Department for Culture,…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)The Minister is right to say that there is a lot of different research done on who holds what ID, and it appears that there is no central understanding in Government about who…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I will give way, and I ask the hon. Gentleman whether he thinks the Government are using Tower Hamlets as justification to bring in a nationally damaging policy.22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I look forward to the hon. Gentleman’s bringing forward an amendment to the Bill along those lines, and I am sure we would be interested in having conversations across the…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I am glad the hon. Gentleman has mentioned the Electoral Commission, because of course it did not specify that this very tight form of photo ID should be introduced by the…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)The situation in Northern Ireland actually came about over a much longer period. The hon. Member for Argyll and Bute somewhat of an expert on these issues, but in Northern Ireland…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 44, in schedule 1, page 66, line 5, at end insert— “13BF Public consultation on regulations under sections 13BD and 13BE The Secretary of State may not lay…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)I was about to finish, but the hon. Gentleman is just in time.22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I am a little confused by the Minister’s intervention. That would be reported because the person would have a tendered ballot and that information would be available. The point…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Member is absolutely right. Light is a very good source of scrutiny. A public consultation, as the amendment suggests, would bring in the expertise of more than just…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)I am very disappointed that the Minister has not been able to cover at least some of my questions. I am particularly concerned about victims of domestic violence, who are…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 45, in schedule 1, page 73, line 9, at end insert “, or another eligible voter who has produced a specified document to the presiding officer or clerk on…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)The amendments would allow voters who do not have ID to still vote, by other means—either through attestation of their identity from another voter or by signing an affidavit to…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)I feel like we have rehearsed these arguments quite a few times already, but I will just say this: personation is incredibly rare. We heard that consistently from across the…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Member makes such a ridiculous point that I do not know where to begin. He highlights just how difficult personation at a polling station is. Were he to turn up at my…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the hon. Member. We are finding an awful lot of common ground on the legislation. In the 2018 and 2019 pilots, we found that when voters were asked for a restrictive form…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)One of the witnesses in our evidence sessions—I cannot remember who it was; perhaps someone can intervene and share it with us—was very clear that no matter what legislation we…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister was obviously not present for our evidence sessions, but it strikes me that, as our witnesses told us that postal voting is where the largest amount of fraud takes…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 47, in schedule 1, page 73, line 9, at end insert— ‘(1AA) The presiding officer or clerk must— (a) deliver a provisional ballot paper to a voter who is…22 Sept 2021