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HANSARDAlcohol Licensing (Coronavirus) (Regulatory Easements) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I express similar support for the regulations and hope that when the final review is completed in March 2025, we move to a more permanent system of operation. I…24 Oct 2023HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023The noble Lord, Lord Scriven, is pursuing a key point. It has been the case in certain investigations that fingerprinting has been used to establish who has handled the ballot…24 Oct 2023HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I put on record my welcoming of the regulations and, as I indicated during the passage of the Act, my support for the broad range of the proposals in relation to…24 Oct 2023HANSARDMayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, Recall Petitions and Referendums (Ballot Secrecy, Candidates and Undue Influence) Regulations 2023I thank the noble Lord for that intervention—it saved me from my attempt to speak Welsh. Before I move on to one or two aspects of this, I seek clarification on what my noble…18 Oct 2023HANSARDMayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, Recall Petitions and Referendums (Ballot Secrecy, Candidates and Undue Influence) Regulations 2023My Lords, I first thank the noble Lord, Lord Rennard, for his kind comments. As he knows, and as I think many others in the Chamber also know, he played a prime role in…18 Oct 2023HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023My Lords, in the previous debate, I referred to a letter that I had written to my noble friend Lady Scott where I raised a number of electoral issues. I mentioned this when we…18 Oct 2023HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023To clarify, I was asking a question, not necessarily advocating that the legislation should be relaxed. I asked whether, instead of banning, you might go for regulation or some…19 Sept 2023HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023My Lords, I have a quick question about the overall legislation encompassed here. I am not unaware of the impact of people taking drugs, but at times it seems to me that the Home…19 Sept 2023HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, before I make any comments, I wish my noble friend Lady Scott well since she handles election matters in most circumstances. I think the whole Committee would wish to do…19 Sept 2023HANSARDZimbabwe: ElectionMy Lords, is it not the case—05 Sept 2023HANSARDZimbabwe: ElectionMy Lords, is it not the case that, although we send observer teams to oversee the actual election, much of the stealing of elections takes place before any observer team actually…05 Sept 2023HANSARDElectoral Commission: Data BreachesMy Lords, given the supplementaries to the previous Question, which touched on this whole issue of security, security breaches and the awareness of government departments and…04 Sept 2023HANSARDElectoral Commission: Data BreachesTo ask His Majesty’s Government, following recent disclosures of a data breach from the Electoral Commission, what action they are taking to mitigate the effects of this and to…04 Sept 2023HANSARDRecall Petitions: Voter IDMy Lords, I do not agree on this occasion with the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, and her comments about recall petitions. As I understand the law, there is a requirement that 10%…10 Jul 2023HANSARDStop and SearchMy Lords, I live in a street in inner London which is well known to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, as he went to school via it. On Thursday night, I chaired the selection of the…20 Jun 2023HANSARDElections: Voter IDMy Lords, I welcome the comment that my noble friend made in relation to the Electoral Commission report, which is due in the next few days, but is she aware of the Democracy…13 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Concussion Guidelines for Grass-roots SportMy Lords, I have returned from a three-day rugby tournament, excellently organised by the Birmingham Bulls, which involved 47 teams participating this weekend. I am interested by…03 May 2023HANSARDVoter Authority CertificatesMy Lords, I take this opportunity to thank noble Lords on all sides who supported the passage of the Ballot Secrecy Act, which was given Royal Assent a few moments ago. Further to…02 May 2023HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationMy Lords, the Question from the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, relates effectively to the security of the ballot in one form or another. All parties in this Chamber and in the other…29 Mar 2023HANSARDRugby: 200th AnniversaryMy Lords, when one thinks of Nelson Mandela wearing a Springbok shirt in the World Cup final in 1995 or the England rugby team playing in Dublin during the Troubles, one realises…15 Mar 2023