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HANSARD Voter IdentificationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Now is the time to ensure the successful delivery of this policy. Work is under way in the Department, the Electoral Commission and councils,…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationIt is safeguarding the integrity of the ballot box for the long term, which the Labour party seemed to care about when it was in government in 2010. Its lack of care right now…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationI absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman, who is one of the few people in this place with experience of voter ID. I encourage the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats to…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationThe Electoral Commission, which undertakes regular advertising in advance of elections, has been engaged to do this, and its campaign began in early January and will continue…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationThe research indicates that 98% of people across the United Kingdom have ID. Where there is a gap, I encourage those who are concerned to make sure that their electorate are aware…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationI am glad that the hon. Gentleman has managed to get in material for his usual social media clip. The reality is that we are trying to ensure the integrity of the ballot box for…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationThe hon. Lady makes the important point that there are differences in how elections are run in some of the devolved Administrations, but that is nothing new. I say to her gently…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationI refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan). It is incorrect to perpetuate this 2 million number. A number of those…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationThere is no requirement for a person to be computer literate or to go through online processes to acquire a voter authority certificate. Alternative processes are available and…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationMany council seats have been decided on a very small number of votes in Northern Ireland for 20 years. The change brought in by the Labour party in 2003 requiring voter…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationAs the hon. Gentleman has highlighted, we all want high turnout. We all want the maximum number of people who can vote to do so. That is one reason why in other parts of the…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationOne of the principles of liberalism, which Liberal Democrats often forget, is equality before the law. Equality before the law requires processes to ensure integrity. I gently…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationOn the hon. Lady’s final point, absolutely we will review what happens in May. We have already committed to that both in this place and elsewhere. We want to learn from the…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationAs the hon. Gentleman outlines, it is important that we have integrity of the ballot box. I have explained multiple times why this is an important initiative to ensure that. If he…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationWhen I was a student in the hon. Lady’s constituency, one thing I was told by tutors at my college was to look at the detail. The detail on the Oyster card for 18-year-olds is…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationI think that I have already answered that question, but I encourage the hon. Gentleman, in readiness for the elections that will take place in his area in the future, to spend his…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationDemocracy is precious. The United Kingdom’s electoral system has a hard-earned reputation for transparency and integrity, and that needs regular review and, where appropriate,…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationWe are clearly going to have a discussion today in which hon. Members have every right, should they wish, to use quite outrageous rhetoric in relation to this basic, fundamental…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. “Personation at the polling station will be made much more difficult by the requirement for all voters to provide a specified form of…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationThe hon. Gentleman continues to perpetuate the myth that this is some form of suppression. He is absolutely incorrect. Putting aside party political views, we have a…21 Feb 2023