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HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I fear I cannot be as accommodating with these amendments as with some earlier ones on which I invited further discussion. However, I say to my noble friend Lord Hodgson…15 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the Government’s desire and wish is that all people who wish to vote and have voting accessible to them will have the best provision that fits them individually. I note,…15 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I am grateful for this short debate. I will not enter into the discussions of election experiences, but I certainly agree with the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, that it is…15 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, again I welcome this short debate. It was very good to hear from my noble friend Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts. I was not angry about what he said. I agreed with some…15 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI made no joke. I drew attention to the noble Lord’s remarks, and they will stand on the record. So far as this matter is concerned—and I have heard the cascade of innuendo ending…15 Mar 2022HANSARDElectoral System (Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee Report)I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in the debate. Before I forget, I should take up a point made by the noble Lord opposite—about whom I would reciprocate his kind personal…11 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, of course I listen carefully. Having listened carefully, I infer that your Lordships view these clauses with somewhat modified rapture. Even if I were as eloquent as…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections Bill10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, that was not a correct characterisation. I meant to say, “the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission”, which is a cross-party representation of MPs. If I…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I always have some empathy with the noble Lord opposite, who I greatly respect, when he speaks of Labour tradition, the tradition of working people and social…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections Bill10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, any statement has to be treated in the light in which Parliament enacts statements to be approved, and that is by affirmative resolution.10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI note what the noble Lord opposite says. I believe that I have set out the correct constitutional position. If he wishes to persuade your Lordships’ House to act differently from…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the noble Lord confuses various things. The constitutional position is as I set out. With the greatest respect, I say to him that the precise proposition that he has put…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, again, I am not going to be led into a wide and potentially very interesting debate on how your Lordships would behave in regard to any legislation, including primary…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, we had a debate on the previous group. Despite the beguiling invitation of the noble Lord, Lord Stunell, I am not going to rehash that debate. I am certainly not going…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the Government are setting out a structure in which there would be a regular review. As I outlined, I am not in a position to answer hypothetical questions about a…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillThe permissibility of donations is a matter of the law of the land, and we will be considering the law on political donations later. As the noble Lord will see, the issue is…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI was answering the question I was asked in Committee; I was asked in a supplementary question, and then in another, to give an example of where there has been a complaint about…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I hope the statement and some of the things that the Government suggest might be in it will be considered unexceptionable when we come to it. I hope people will examine…10 Mar 2022