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HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI am going to crack on. I do not think anyone could say that I have not been generous in giving way. Amendments 68 to 70 are linked to other new clauses that we have already…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend. I am going to take her comment that I am a moderate on this issue as a compliment. I am not sure whether it was meant as such; I would like to…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillMy hon. Friend has had a good knock so far, so if he will forgive me, I will give way to the right hon. Gentleman.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI think the right hon. Gentleman is also referring to the merits of the whole Bill, and I had just said that I did not really want to get into that at this stage. Third Reading is…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point. I am not a lawyer and I do not know the answer, but I am sure that we have plenty of qualified people in this place—we tend not to be short of…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillThank you!22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI am sure that many other people are like my hon. Friend in that regard. It is not a question about how the new clause will work in practice. It seems to me that it is…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillMy hon. Friend is right. The other point is that if we find that the new clause is useful but is being stymied by the general data protection regulation, there would be nothing to…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillIf I could come on to my new clauses, the hon. Gentleman might get to hear my explanations. To be perfectly honest, I have not yet had a chance to get going on my explanations of…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillWell, with friends like that, Mr Speaker, you do not need many enemies in this place. The hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton (Jim McMahon) basically stood up and said that the…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI will give way again. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman can explain himself a bit better this time.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI knew it was a mistake to give way to the hon. Gentleman for a second time after his first effort. I am not entirely sure which new clause he was referring to, but I am still on…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, particularly for putting us back on track. Yes, I do think that that would be the consequence. What we are trying to do is encourage people to…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI will indeed, as long as the hon. Gentleman sticks to new clause 1 and has not been affected by the person sitting next to him.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI will give way.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI am certainly not going to give way to the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton again. I will give the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central another go.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI am not entirely sure what is up with that part of the Opposition Benches. The hon. Members for Oldham West and Royton and for Reading East (Matt Rodda) seem determined to talk…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI will give those on that Bench one last go.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillIt was clearly a forlorn hope to expect the right hon. Gentleman to stick to the Bill. All I can say, to try to clear the matter up, is that I did not table this Bill. It is not…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. That was a very good and sensible intervention, if I may say so. I do not envisage people registering before they have moved, because…22 Mar 2019