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HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendment 25 would require registration officers to ensure that eligible electors could make an application for an electoral voter identity document at a specified list of…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendments 32 and 41 would mean that voter cards and anonymous elector documents would be required to be valid for a period of 15 years from the date of issue, and I am afraid we…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendment 48 would require the presiding officer to ensure that a woman presiding officer or clerk is available to confirm privately the identity of a woman voter if that voter so…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)I am sorry, but I do not know the details of the Scottish entitlement card. Perhaps if I can see the reasons and the application process for that, I might be able to give an…22 Sept 2021HANSARDSTEM Subjects: Uptake by GirlsWe are pleased to see an overall increase in entries for STEM A-levels and GCSEs by girls this year, including a notable 12.7% increase in A-level computing entries. We want to…22 Sept 2021HANSARDSTEM Subjects: Uptake by GirlsI was not aware of the fantastic work that is taking place in Hereford, although I suspect that the Minister for Women and Equalities, my right hon. Friend the Member for South…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)To say that this has been a lively debate would be seriously understating the passion and arguments made by Members on both sides of the Committee. Speaking as a former Treasury…22 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have had multiple debates on UC, and we have been at pains to say that this extra £20 was a temporary measure brought in because of covid. We are looking after the public…22 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do agree with my hon. Friend, and I point out that the Government are doing just that with our plan for jobs, which included £895 million to recruit an additional 13,500 work…22 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to announce the appointment of LGBT business champion Iain Anderson, who will work with the Government, building the evidence base on how to ensure that LGBT people…22 Sept 2021HANSARDSTEM Subjects: Uptake by GirlsI agree that these things start at an early age. I learned how to code at the age of seven, and I do not think it is a coincidence that I am an engineer by training today. These…22 Sept 2021HANSARDSTEM Subjects: Uptake by GirlsI thank my hon. Friend for highlighting the work that is taking place in his constituency, and I extend my thanks to Burnley College and BAE Systems. We recognise the value that…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I think the hon. Lady is confusing the purpose of the Bill. It is to protect the voter, not to ensure that our election results are kosher. I was elected with more than 25,000…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I am happy to answer that question. As we produce guidance, we will be able to give more details on the specifics, but the fact is that it is an insult to say that someone from an…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward, and to progress the passage of the Bill. I pay tribute to my predecessor, the Minister of State for Disabled People,…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)No, no—I have given way. I am also, as the hon. Lady will know, the Minister for Equalities. I have spent a year working on the disproportionate impact that covid has had on…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)Let me finish. I do not know the conversations that the hon. Lady has had with other people. I think that she will find that on this issue I will be very robust, and I will not…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I will not give way any further. We have oral questions—22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Lady talked about the DVLA not collecting data on the ethnic background of people, so we know the point that she was making. As I said, I will be unambiguous in setting…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I completely agree, and I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. I want those listening to the debate to be clear that we will work with them, and for them, to…22 Sept 2021