Electoral Administration Bill

My Lords, Amendment No. 95 is an amendment to Clause 37, which says that, under new rule 24 of the 1983 Act, the returning officer issues,"““to those entitled to vote by post . . . a ballot paper . . . at an election held in England and Wales or Scotland, a postal voting statement in the prescribed form””." Subsection (3) then states:"““The prescribed form shall include provision for the form to be signed””." Our Amendment No. 95 says that not only does it have to be signed but the elector’s date of birth has to be stated. There would thus be a second check on the second personal identifier as well as on the first.