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HANSARDElections BillI am sorry that the noble Baroness—for whom I have the greatest possible respect, as she knows—feels that way. The House of Commons did not seem to regard it as disrespectful. I…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillThe noble Lord has completely failed to answer the core question. He has thought about this amendment and tabled it, it is here on the list and in it he says: “The simple majority…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I am speaking to what is before the Committee at the moment. As far as the Scottish and Welsh elections are concerned, the noble Lord knows very well that there is…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillOne might have thought, listening to the noble Lord, that he was talking about his liking for PR, but I will read very carefully what he said in those 17 minutes. There is one…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, it has been a lengthy debate. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Stunell, that I have not presented any amendment. I am presenting to your Lordships’ House a Bill which has…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections Bill23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI am grateful to those who have spoken, and I will think about the last point made by the noble Lord, Lord Khan. This is a balanced proposal which has come from concerns from…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I do not know whether the noble Lord has been here all through the debate, but I maintain the position that the Electoral Commission has reported. I have given the facts…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the noble Lord says let us have a look at 2016. The noble Lord also said not to pay any attention to the 2017 Conservative Party manifesto which is explicit on this…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I am afraid that, having been able to be reasonably accommodating on the previous amendment, I cannot meet the noble Baroness on this one for very similar reasons to…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I fear I cannot accept these amendments, although, having been mildly disobliging on the previous group about those against first past the post, I will open with an area…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, government Amendment 121 concerns the details about candidates that appear on ballot papers at parliamentary elections. We are bringing forward this amendment in…23 Mar 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI was agreeing with the noble Baroness on that. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act was an aberration from 2011 to 2022. Some noble Lords have expressed shock that the House of Commons…22 Mar 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. I say to the noble Baroness that this Bill did receive detailed pre-legislative scrutiny; it was considered by a Joint Committee…22 Mar 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 1, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 1A. 1A : Because the Commons do not consider it appropriate that the…22 Mar 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will briefly remind your Lordships of where we find ourselves. Your Lordships’ House amended the Bill, which had been passed by the other…22 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, these amendments investigate some of the safeguards for postal ballots introduced in the Bill. I welcome the underlying sense of the comments made: the Committee…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, applications for the free card will be available up to 5 pm on the day before, as has been said. I note what the noble Lord has said, and I will take away what he and…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections Bill21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections Bill21 Mar 2022