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HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesTo be clear, the Electoral Commission website had guidance on registering to vote; the UC1 form was available; and there were links to the Your Vote Matters website, where the…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesI thank the hon. Lady for her question. Clearly, it is the Electoral Commission that will be conducting the review of how the election went, and I am almost certain it will be in…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesAgain, what I would say is that we will ask the Electoral Commission to review that for anyone who did comply with the requirements, although clearly we would need to look at what…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesThe Government were never tearing themselves apart over whether to hold the elections. We were clear that we would fulfil our legal obligation to hold them if necessary as a…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesAgain, I can make it clear that the Government took all legal steps necessary to conduct this poll, as we were legally obliged to do. As I say, we will look with interest at what…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesTo be clear, UC1s should not be being accepted on polling day, given that the Council directive is very clear that the information needs to be exchanged sufficiently in advance of…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesStarting with local elections and Assembly elections, there is absolutely no need to complete a UC1 form, because there is no requirement to make a declaration to another member…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesEU citizens can be reassured that there is a huge amount of work going on to ensure that their rights are protected after Brexit, including their democratic rights in this…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesAs I have said in numerous answers, we complied with the legal steps necessary to conduct these polls, following the House’s refusal to back an exit from the European Union which…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesAs I said, the Government took all legal steps necessary in conducting the European parliamentary elections. That included complying with European law, including the Council…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesI am interested to hear what the hon. Gentleman’s comments were about the then Labour Government.04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesI am afraid that this is exactly the same procedure that was adopted in 2014 and in 2009—04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesI thank the hon. Lady for her question. The reality is that this Government are absolutely committed to implementing the democratic will of the British people expressed in the…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesThe thing I look at is that the turnout rose for the European elections this time. There may be criticisms about how things are handled, but I always look at how many people…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesI think that one is probably slightly beyond the scope of this urgent question. I would always say that it is good to have quality of support, if not necessarily quantity, on the…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesI recall that the hon. and learned Lady’s suggestion at Prime Minister’s questions was about having forms at the polling station. However, that would directly conflict with the…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesLet us be clear: Britain’s membership of the European Union was first decided by the parliamentary franchise in the form of the elections to this House back in 1972. It was…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesThis is a process that has been used before in elections that actually happened under a Labour Government as well—let us be clear about that. It is a process where we followed the…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesThe Electoral Commission will do a report and present its conclusions—as it does with all major electoral events in this country—and it will do so independently, not under the…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesThe right hon. Gentleman may shake his head and dislike what I am saying, but that is the wording of the legislation. The Electoral Commission will conduct a full review, and I…04 Jun 2019