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HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Moving on to Mr Howarth—David, if I may—you have been a Member of Parliament, so welcome back; it is nice to see you today. You are a former Liberal Democrat Member, and it is…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)I am really sorry, Ms Rees. I could hardly hear any of that answer. Fraser Campbell: I wonder whether I may say a word on the Minister’s question. My view on parliamentary…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q I have one follow-up question, on your time as an electoral commissioner, which as we all know is very different from the election commissioner role, on which we heard from…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Could you also lift your head up so we can lip read? Professor Howarth: The temptation when on a computer is to bend down towards the microphone. I shall try to let you lip read.…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon to our three witnesses. Thank you very much for joining us. In our various ways, we know each other well from much work done over the years, so it is good to have…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. I apologise; I meant in no way to put you on the spot. We have a note from the House of Commons Library that contains those figures, so I just wanted to give you an…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Yes, indeed. I quite understand that. Without wishing to be facetious, for the benefit of the Committee, do you agree with me that absence of evidence is not evidence of…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you so much for sharing your insights. Ailsa, the Electoral Commission’s analysis across various years—I am looking at some from December 2015—concluded that voters’…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you very much. Peter, thank you very much for joining us. On a different topic, may I pick your brains on supporting voters with disabilities at the polling station? We…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Peter; that is so helpful. Might the standard that you refer to reasonably be something that would be provided in guidance and training? Peter Stanyon: I think so. It…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q I am happy to go first. Good afternoon and welcome to both our witnesses. It is great to have you with us; thank you for giving up your time in all the ways that you do,…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q As a follow-up, if my memory serves me correctly the judgment in the Birmingham case—we had Richard Mawrey with us this morning—included quite a few scorching comments that you…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Yes, indeed. You are doing that to give residents confidence. Do you get a measure of that back from residents? Rob Connelly: I suppose the way we get that is from the number of…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Would you be able to turn to my second question? Rob Connelly: When we learned about IDs potentially coming in, we set up a working group based on a number of…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)May I ask one more question to Louise and then I will hand on to other colleagues?15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Picking up on a recent debate in Parliament, Louise, would I be right in thinking that you would not like to see the electoral timetable reduced from 25 working days? Louise…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you very much for your insight. Is there any more that you would like to say about the particular processes that will be required to support overseas electors in…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon to all three of our witnesses. I will try to ask a question or two of each. Kate, sticking with you to start—very good to see you—will you give us an insight into…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, that is helpful and one of the things that we will be aiming to do. Will you also recap for us the goal, or the problem, that you think the absence of a digital…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Yes, indeed. May I quickly pick up on the third-party campaigning definition question which you have just discussed with Cat Smith? Will you confirm for the Committee that there…15 Sept 2021