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HANSARD Voter ID PilotsI am sorry to have to start in this tone, but almost everything the hon. Lady said has just been wrong. She suggested that we were unable to draw conclusions from last year’s…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsI am really pleased that the hon. Lady has contributed the voice of experience. She is correct about the experience in Northern Ireland. She is also correct that such cards have…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsThat is a really good question. To be able to honour the spirit of it properly in answering it, I will confirm to the hon. Lady in writing the precise situation about the ordering…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsThat is absolutely right. My right hon. Friend helpfully reminds us of the history of how we got to this place, and I am grateful to him for placing it on the record. He makes the…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsNo, it is not. As I have set out, every council that participates in the pilots will make ID arrangements that are free of charge. That is as the House would expect it to be.…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsI look forward very much to being able to do that. I will do it in conjunction with my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster) in the coming months, because as Members…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsIf this is about voter suppression, the Labour party clearly does not want any members, because it uses it for its own party membership. This is not about voter suppression, nor…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsI would be delighted to see interest from Lancaster City Council in participating in the pilots. I would like to put on record again how grateful I am to all the local councils…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s characteristically thoughtful way of addressing this matter and welcome his engagement with the substance of it. He raised a number of things.…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsI quite agree, and I am delighted that my right hon. Friend has laid it out so clearly. It is not good enough to say one thing and do another, and then come to this House and…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsI thoroughly welcome those comments. The hon. Lady is absolutely correct. This is simply a matter of common sense. It is a quite reasonable and proportionate thing to ask people…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsThose are words of wisdom. I would be happy to confirm to the House what I have said in other contexts, which is that it is the intention of this Government to move from having…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsI am afraid that the hon. Gentleman, also, is not talking on the basis of the evidence. He should be able to do so from the evaluation that we published last year, which clearly…10 Apr 2019HANSARDVotes at 16I thank the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton (Jim McMahon) for securing this debate; I confirm that I will leave a little time for him to conclude it. I also thank you for…03 Apr 2019HANSARDVotes at 16I have to continue as I must allow time for the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton to wrap up the debate. The field of education and work is also relevant. At the age we are…03 Apr 2019HANSARDVotes at 16I almost misheard the hon. Gentleman and thought that he said “45 years”, but he rightly notes that the recommendation was four to five years. No, I am not in a position to commit…03 Apr 2019HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill (Twenty Ninth sitting)indicated dissent. Question put and agreed to.27 Mar 2019HANSARDPublic Bodies 2018-19I am pleased to announce the publication of “Public Bodies 2018-19” and will today be placing a copy in the Library of both Houses. Public bodies play a vital role in the delivery…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillMay I thank the hon. Gentleman as well for the hours he has put into this Bill in Committee, and will he allow me to join him in paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for…22 Mar 2019HANSARDAdvance from the Contingencies FundI, as the Minister for the Constitution, wish to report that a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £1,297,000 has been sought for the Parliamentary and Health…15 Mar 2019