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HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Fifth sitting)The shadow Minister is making an excellent speech. He has probably seen, like I have, leaflets from all the political parties represented on this Committee that tell people what…26 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Fifth sitting)I rise in support of Opposition amendment 30, and I will make some comments new clause 19 as tabled by the Liberal Democrats. The biggest thing that puts votes at risk is to keep…26 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. We are coming at this debate in the wrong way. We need to look at when someone becomes an adult in this country,…24 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)I wholeheartedly support my hon. Friend’s impassioned speech. Does he share my concern that the pilots may be done on the basis of council areas, but that everyone should be…24 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)Does my hon. Friend therefore agree that this measure could be reintroduced during the next parliamentary Session, when we can give a lot more thought to where the demos will take…24 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister probably knows the point I am about to make. I fully appreciate what she has just said about having to do these demos in real-world scenarios, but can she ensure that…24 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Third sitting)I am arguing that, if we want to lower the voting age, we need to have a debate about when someone becomes an adult. We can absolutely have that debate, and if the Government…24 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)My hon. Friend makes an important point, and that is why Opposition amendments 26 and 27 are very important, because they go some way—not the whole way, but some way—to mitigating…24 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)Some people will be automatically enrolled who have chosen, under the current system, not to be on the electoral roll, but it is a question of fairness. If we are not having that…24 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dame Siobhain. I support Opposition amendments 26 and 27 in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Hamble Valley, but I want to…24 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)Some of those 8 million people may have chosen not to be on the electoral roll. Would the hon. Lady like to stand in a constituency where half of her electors are auto-enrolled…24 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)I am arguing that if we are going to do automatic enrolment, it should be for everybody, all at the same time, across the country. As I have pointed out, one could do pilots…24 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)Is the Minister confident that when we collect all this data, and the Boundary Commission and Electoral Commission get it, they will be able to analyse it to make sure that all…24 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2026If the Minister issued new oil and gas licences for the North sea we could produce more of our oil and gas here at home. That would mitigate some of the problems that he has just…18 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (First sitting)Q I would like to talk about the 8 million people you reckon are not registered. Some of those people might choose not to register to vote, and the Government’s intention in the…18 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (First sitting)Q Karen, I have a question for you. You said that in Wales there have been four pilot areas of automatic voter registration. For my benefit and that of the Committee, could you…18 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (First sitting)Q May I briefly follow that up? Is it your opinion, then, that if we are going to have automatic voter registration, everyone should be automatically registered for the same…18 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (First sitting)Q If you are going to take those recommendations forward and do automatic voter registration across Wales, it is your view that everyone should be done in the same Senedd…18 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Second sitting)Q I should declare that when I was a councillor, I did a number of things with Councillor Golds on similar committees at the Local Government Association. Harry, earlier you…18 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Second sitting)Q We have not touched on this with this group of witnesses: Richard, what are your views on automatic voter registration? In particular, what are your views on a situation where…18 Mar 2026