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Electoral Administration Bill

moved Amendment No. 126:"Page 95, line 19, leave out ““not”” and insert ““also””" The noble Baroness said: My Lords, the amendment makes a small change to the provisions relating to anonymously registered electors, which we discussed in Grand Committee and earlier this evening. Paragraph 15(7) of Schedule 1 allows the electoral number of an anonymous entry to be included in the edited version of the register, which is available for general sale. Although an anonymously registered person’s name and address will not appear on the edited register, we think that the inclusion of even the elector’s number creates a small potential risk, particularly if a person purchased the edited register covering a small area, as undue attention could be drawn to the anonymous entry. I appreciate that the risks are small but I would like to see them avoided altogether if the edited register did not include anonymous entries. Because we are talking about people who could be at substantial risk, I hope noble Lords will be prepared to accept this small amendment. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to. On Question, amendment agreed to.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
682 c125 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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