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HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)There is one clause in the Bill on voter ID and there are five clauses on postal votes, so it is not right to say that the Government are looking at the wrong place. The…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Cawston Park Hospital: Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board ReviewMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that management teams and owners should personally fear prison as a response to a culture failure. If a culture of neglect is tolerated by their…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Cawston Park Hospital: Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board ReviewWe are here this evening because of Joanna, Jon and Ben. Joanna had autism and was epileptic, Jon was autistic too, and Ben had Down’s syndrome. Their learning disabilities led to…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections Bill (Instruction)The voter ID pilots suggested that 0.16% of people who tried to vote were sent back to get identification, but in the London mayoral elections 5% of ballots were rejected because…20 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)Q I quite understand. We have already heard that “BAME” includes a large number of sub-groups, but under the methodology of that independent research, one of the key areas was…16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fourth sitting)I am very grateful. That is the only thing I wanted to clarify.16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)I agree, and you made some very good points. Thank you very much.16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you very much, Ms Rees. Maurice, thank you very much for taking part in this evidence session. In your primary evidence, you suggested that you were very concerned about…16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)In your evidence earlier on today, you suggested that when you started to look at BAME voters, the incidence of availability of photo ID dropped to 47% to 50%. Is that your view?…16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)Q We have a slight advantage. I am not going to try to trip you up on this; I am just going to read out some data that we have the advantage of having. In March of this year, the…16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)Q So roughly that. I am not holding you to a particular percentage, but roughly 50%. That is the basis of your concern, or one of the bases of your concern, about the fear of…16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fourth sitting)Q May I ask a question of clarification on the evidence that we have just heard? First, thank you very much for coming to give evidence, Mr Millar. It is a great pleasure to have…16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)I should make it absolutely clear that he was making direct reference to Tower Hamlets in that series of questioning. Rather than pinning it all on the Bangladeshi community, what…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (First sitting)Q I will build on the questions that my colleague, Mr Clarkson, posed to Councillor Golds a moment ago, about personation in polling stations and how prevalent it is. In his…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Professor, you asked where this idea of the statement of principles and the policy framework for the Electoral Commission has come from. I hope you were able to hear the…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q On that point, is it not right that although the commission claims to have the power currently, it has never once brought forward a prosecution? Professor Howarth: That is…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Forgive me; if I may ask the question, I will not interrupt the answer. Given that you have never, ever used the power of prosecution, is it fair to claim that removing a power…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q Ms Irvine, if I may carry on questioning you, you are obviously aware that the Electoral Commission has recommended the use of photographic ID, and you are in very good company.…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)Q That is a very good point, and it brings me neatly on to Virginia McVea, if I am allowed one further question. You have a lot of experience of the practical application of photo…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Second sitting)So it peaks? Virginia McVea: Yes.15 Sept 2021