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HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)I want to repeat the point that I probably made rather presumptuously in my previous remarks. I want to know what the hon. Lady’s thoughts are on the evidence proposed by Gillian…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Human Rights: KashmirI also thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing this important debate. The hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) rightly said that awareness of…23 Sept 2021HANSARD Human Rights: KashmirThe hon. Gentleman must have read my mind, because I was going to come on to that next. Just as we care about atrocities against the Rohingya and the Uyghur and about persecuted…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBaby Loss Awareness WeekI commend my hon. Friend for having the courage to tell his story. I, too, have been through the experience of IVF. Does he agree that one of the worst things about going through…23 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I will keep my remarks brief. I just want to take hon. Members on a bit of a journey to Peterborough.22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)Earlier in the hon. Lady’s remarks, she asked for evidence of where election results have been impacted by personation. I urge her to look at Peterborough, my constituency, where…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)Will the hon. Lady give way?22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)In the hon. Lady’s vast experience as a member of the Labour party, has the requirement for voter ID to vote in internal Labour party elections been an additional barrier to…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)Perhaps the hon. Gentleman was not paying attention to Councillor Peter Golds during the evidence session, who turned around and said on a number of occasions that personation was…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)No, no—a very brief one. Hon. Members have doubted the evidence of voter fraud and personation, as a very small thing, but I encourage them to look at some of the evidence we have…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)The people of Argyll and Bute probably have great satisfaction with, and faith in, their electoral processes, down to the quality of their Member of Parliament. I am sad to say…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)What was the hon. Lady’s reaction to the evidence we heard from Gillian Beasley, the chief executive of Peterborough City Council, and the returning officer of Birmingham City…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)Thank you.16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)I am perfectly happy to raise my point afterwards, but it is worth noting that it has been implied that my hon. Friend the Member for Gedling and I were unreasonable in our…16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)Are you arguing that there are no—16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)No, I think you are wrong. Maurice Mcleod: Am I wrong on that? Okay. It stands to reason that if you have a chunk of the population that does not have what you are being asked to…16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)Q Yes, absolutely. In 2019, you claimed that “Voter ID will have a terrible impact on voter turnout.” Why do you think that this impact has not been seen in any of the Cabinet…16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)But that is not quite what you said. You said: “Sure, I understand the security risks”.16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)Q You tweeted that the Government “wants to bring in Voter ID to tackle non-existent voter fraud.” I suggest that you take a look at the evidence from Peter Golds, Lord Pickles…16 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Third sitting)Q Given your description of voter fraud as non-existent—you have just made that claim now—what do you make of the evidence that we have heard of voter fraud in Tower Hamlets,…16 Sept 2021