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HANSARDElections Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Millar. It is a pleasure to see you this afternoon, and thank you for your evidence. Can I just ask about the relationship between this Bill and the European…16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q The Bill seeks to address the integrity of elections. Would you say this is the biggest problem we face in our elections currently? Are there any other concerns you think the…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (First sitting)Q Do you have the number of postal votes? Lord Pickles: To get a prosecution, you do not need to prove everything; you just need to prove some. I agree entirely with the point…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (First sitting)Q My question is also for you, Gillian, on the nitty-gritty of the increased resources that you said will be needed. I know that my children will certainly want the free ID card…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (First sitting)Q I have a very short question. To clarify for the record, what was the proportion of postal vote fraud, as opposed to in-person, polling station fraud, in Tower Hamlets and…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (First sitting)Q I have a quick question for Councillor Golds. Are you now confident that Tower Hamlets elections are done with integrity? Can the people of Tower Hamlets trust the results of…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (First sitting)Q How much did the CCTV—really innovative work—cost to put in? Gillian Beasley: We have worked with the police on that, and they have employed some of their CCTV. We were able to…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Rob, I would like to go back to the practicalities and your thinking about how you would roll out voter ID. How many additional staff do you think you would need all year round…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q How many additional staff do you have? Virginia McVea: During an election period, we could have around 70 additional staff. We have a core staff of 30. So you can see why, when…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Please do. Virginia McVea: The six-week turnaround period is what we use administratively outside of an election period. We do not have any complaints in relation to ID cards not…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Can I ask Peter Stanyon about the practicalities of issuing a voter ID card on the day? I think we all know of local elections where it is literally a handful of votes—I was…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (First sitting)Have the elections in Birmingham and Tower Hamlets—15 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI would like to declare an interest, as my daughter is a care worker. I pay tribute to care workers across the country for all the additional work they have been doing throughout…14 Sept 2021HANSARDChildcareIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell) for leading this…13 Sept 2021HANSARDChildcareWill the hon. Member give way?13 Sept 2021HANSARDChildcareOn the issues raised by the Minister about sufficiency, are councils’ childcare sufficiency reports used to make an assessment of whether there are sufficient places or not, and…13 Sept 2021HANSARDTigrayIt is a pleasure to be back under your chairship, Mr Davies, and to be back in the real Westminster Hall. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion)…08 Sept 2021HANSARDTigrayI have a very short question. The Minister referred to high-level conversations; has the Prime Minister spoken to Prime Minister Abiy?08 Sept 2021HANSARDTigrayWill the Minister give way?08 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections BillWe do not have a national ID card and this image of people bursting out trying to get to the polling station at all costs is not the experience. It is hard to encourage people to…07 Sept 2021