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HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you, Peter—that makes sense.23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Q Peter, I wonder whether you can describe polling districts and polling stations in more detail. You took me slightly by surprise. You said that when you have constituency…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Third sitting)Q One reason we are probing how constituencies are built is because there is removal of parliamentary oversight. It needs to be done properly the first time. You rightly…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Q Before I move on to other things, what causes a polling district change? I think you have touched on some areas. What governs your construction of a ward? Why do you do your…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Q My experience in the city of Leeds, which I represent, is that polling district changes have been splitting polling districts when they have become too big, rather than creating…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Q Why is there an assumption that all adults want to be on the electoral register? Darren Hughes: That is a good question, because I guess it is philosophical. The duties and…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Q Have you asked the people who do not want to be registered why they do not want to be registered? Darren Hughes: Yes, we have. We have done work on that in the past with…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Fourth sitting)Q To clarify, are you speaking about the review that takes place if a polling district is split in a constituency? Some polling districts might be dropped out of a…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Third sitting)Q Gentlemen, thank you for giving your time today. As you have probably picked up from reading previous reports, one of the issues this evidence inquiry is trying to get to the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Third sitting)Q To follow that up, given that we are talking about keeping communities together, as the hon. Member for Eltham has said, does the Bill need to give more clarification to the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Third sitting)Q It is always dangerous to go head to head with an academic, but in terms of the 5% and the 10%, my reading of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe report is…23 Jun 2020HANSARDEducational Disadvantage: Covid-19What plans he has to provide time in schools for pupils to catch up on education missed as a result of the covid-19 lockdown.22 Jun 2020HANSARDEducational Disadvantage: Covid-19I fully associate myself with my right hon. Friend’s comments about the tragic events in Reading. He might have heard the suggestion I made about moving the 2021 exam season from…22 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q You rightly point out the size of the metropolitan boroughs in Birmingham and in my city of Leeds, which can easily have 18,000 or 19,000 people. A threshold of 5% or 7.5% will…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q Just as a quick point of principle, do you believe that voters in Scotland should have a greater representation than voters in Yorkshire, which has a similar population? Geraint…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)I just add that the last time, we were able to form much bigger constituency numbers. Tom Adams: Yes, that change will have an impact.18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (First sitting)Isn’t that all of us?18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (First sitting)Q It is a pleasure to serve under you, Mr Paisley. Thank you for your evidence, Mr Bellringer. It has been really informative. I want to explore the building blocks further. To…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (First sitting)Q Your evidence is based on 600, of course, so a much bigger size. I am a West Yorkshire MP, but to look at Yorkshire as a whole region, if I take the situation in North…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (First sitting)Q I have one more question for both commissions. When you have a large constituency and perhaps have different authorities within it, has any member of the public ever made a…18 Jun 2020