The rigorous canvassing did increase registration, which had suffered an extreme dip, but has not increased it to anything near the original figure of 1,190,000. As I said, new primary legislation has been required to try to rectify some of those issues. Therefore, we believe that individual registration is not yet ready to be extended to the rest of the United Kingdom.
Electoral Administration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Bridget Prentice
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 13 June 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Electoral Administration Bill.
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