Electoral Administration Bill

Interestingly enough, we have no representative from the London borough of Westminster. Such a point about the borough’s estimated population was raised at the time of the census. The situation causes real problems. The under-registration in my constituency means that we often do not get the central support that we would perhaps receive if everyone were on the register. That situation is the backdrop to any consideration of the amendments. Of course, clause 9 is at the heart of what the Bill is trying to achieve. Everyone would agree with the proposal in amendment No. 14 that electoral registration officers should be aware that people who are ineligible to remain on the register should be removed from it. We should remind electoral officers of that, but it is not the primary focus of what the clause should achieve.