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2005-06

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Electoral Administration Bill. As amended in Committee on Recommitment (HL).
Monday, 8 May 2006
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Lord Hanningfield | 682 c60-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have a great deal of sympathy with the noble Lord’s amendment and we want to encourage ...

Lord Lucas | 682 c61-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have much sympathy with both of the speeches we have heard so far. I agree with almost e...

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Lord Goodhart | 682 c59-60 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 53:"After Clause 20, insert the following new clause—" ““VOTING AGE (1) The ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c69-70 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 55:"Page 31, line 10, leave out ““““during the relevant period”””” and insert ““...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c66-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a short but interesting debate. I remain firmly of the opinion that the age ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c64-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a fascinating debate. I agree with everything that the noble Lord, Lord Nort...

Lord Norton of Louth | 682 c64 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before my noble friend sits down, I draw his attention to the fact that in this country th...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 682 c64 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall follow my noble friend Lord Norton of Louth in nothing except for starting my spee...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c54 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 39:"Leave out Clause 14." On Question, amendment agreed to. [Amendments Nos. 4...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c54 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 42:"Page 15, line 24, at end insert—" ““( ) In section 10 of the Represent...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 682 c54-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was waiting in case the Liberal Democrats were going to intervene. I have already declar...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c58 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 48:"Leave out Clause 17." On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 18 [Repeal ...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c58 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 47:"Leave out Clause 16." On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 17 [Revisio...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c58 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 49:"Leave out Clause 18." On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 19 [Offence...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c55-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss the future piloting of all-postal voting. As ...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c55 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, since the noble Lord, Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, questioned whether I was going to ...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c58 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 45:"Leave out Clause 15." On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 16 [Evaluat...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c58 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for her detailed reply but I do not agree with it. I will not press t...

Lord Boston of Faversham | 682 c48 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is not an intervention, which is not allowed. Will the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, s...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c48 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise that the Deputy Speaker had to rise to his feet. I am now completely confused ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c51-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, for tabling the amendment. While I agree...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I think I indicated during my speech in the debate on the group starting with Amendment...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c50-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 27:"Before Clause 13, insert the following new clause—" ““INDIVIDUAL REGISTRAT...

Lord Elder | 682 c48-50 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 26:"Before Clause 13, insert the following new clause—" ““ABSENT VOTING: PERSO...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c53-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 38:"Leave out Clause 13." On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 14 [Persona...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c53 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, again, I thank the Minister for her reply on the amendment. I think that I am bound to rep...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c53 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord is quite right to make that point. I was not trying to suggest that the Del...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 682 c53 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Baroness sits down—which, I am sorry to say, I failed to prevent—I want t...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c40-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendments Nos. 25, 41, 95, 119 and 124 in this group stand in my name and that of my nobl...

Lord Elder | 682 c43-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise somewhat tentatively, because these two groups of amendments seem to be coming toge...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 682 c42-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, courtesy of the Sunday papers, I have learned in the past 24 hours that the former chief e...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c44-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we now have the confusion that I thought we were getting into; the noble Lord, Lord Goodha...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c47 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Baroness sits down, first, she has no need to apologise to me—I am afraid...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c45-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for helping to resolve this. Confusion is not involved...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c47 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment No. 95 is an amendment to Clause 37, which says that, under new rule 24 of the 1...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c47 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, would the noble Lord do me the honour of explaining again what Amendment No. 95 seeks to a...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c47 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, and apologise to him because, having put the groups toget...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 682 c83 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this may be a convenient time to move that further consideration on Report be now adjourne...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c77 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, since the Liberal Democrats have photographs on the information papers that are sent out a...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c76-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I find this a most extraordinary provision. If the elections are anything to go by, photog...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I indicated earlier, I tabled our amendments because the government amendments did not ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c79-81 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 87:"After Clause 35, insert the following new clause—" ““CERTAIN VOTERS ENTITL...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c77-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 85 and 86:"After Clause 35, insert the following new clause—" ““EVALUATION O...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c77 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope to have a response to the noble Lord’s final point, because it is a fair question. ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c83 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 90 and 91:"Page 44, line 35, leave out from ““document”” to end of line 41 and...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c83 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 92 to 94:"Page 45, line 38, leave out ““may”” and insert ““must””""Page 45, li...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c81-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 89:"Page 44, line 30, leave out ““Subsection (2) below applies”” and insert ““Su...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c82-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in Grand Committee, my noble friend Lord Rennard and I tabled a number of amendments that ...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister has, once again, made a very wise decision; this is a controversial area of t...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c70-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 56:"Page 31, line 31, leave out from beginning to end of line 12 on page 32 and ...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we, too, find the amendments acceptable and, in the circumstances, we support them. On Qu...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c71 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 58 to 62:"Page 32, line 41, leave out ““during the relevant period”” and inser...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c71 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 57:"Page 32, line 38, leave out ““subsections (2) and (3)”” and insert ““subsect...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c71-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 63:"Page 37, line 15, leave out from ““may”” to end of line 17 and insert ““atte...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c73 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, under other circumstances a raft of amendments from the Government at this stage in the Bi...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c73-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 64 to 82:"Page 37, leave out lines 23 to 37.""Page 37, line 39, leave out ““su...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c74 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 83:"Page 43, leave out line 24." On Question, amendment agreed to.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c74-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 84:"After Clause 35, insert the following new clause—" ““PHOTOGRAPHS ON BALLOT...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c38-40 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 24:"Before Clause 13, insert the following new clause—" ““REGISTRATION: POSTAL...

Lord Boston of Faversham | 682 c40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in view of the groupings and notwithstanding the helpful indications given by the noble Ba...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 16:"Page 7, line 14, leave out ““as may be prescribed”” and insert ““prescribed ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c36-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for raising these important issues. In reality, the on...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. As I said at the outset, I did not intend to press th...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c38 (Link to this contribution) had given notice of his intention to move Amendment No. 22:"After Clause 12, insert the following ne...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have no date for Third Reading. The noble Lord, as always, is ahead of me. Clearly I can...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, returning to the question of timing, as the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, said, I think Third...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is for your Lordships to determine what you wish to do. I have made it clear that I sha...

Lord Garden | 682 c35 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, who, as always, has been very gracious in trying to move th...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must ask one practical question. I am grateful to the noble Baroness. Given that the dis...

Lord Garden | 682 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I heard the Minister’s assurance that there is to be a discussion with the new Secretary o...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it will be about all the issues raised in all the amendments before your Lordships’ House ...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 682 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we still have to come to postal voting, about which Her Majesty’s Government are obsessed,...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, not only do I carry the responsibility, I totally accept it, as the noble Lord, Lord Brook...

Lord Ramsbotham | 682 c31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my support to the amendments put forward by the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, and the...

Lord Garden | 682 c27-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 14:"After Clause 9, insert the following new clause—" ““PROVISIONS AS TO MEMBE...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c29-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that the Minister will understand that there is not a tissue paper’s thickness b...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c27 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that comprehensive reply. Who am I to argue with parliamentary co...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c17 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the Minister for her response and for her offer of further thou...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c15-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, for raising this important issue. I will...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c13-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 5:"After Clause 2, insert the following new clause—" ““SAFEGUARDING CORE INFOR...

Lord Lucas | 682 c15 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not see how there cannot be at least a one-way link. If you are trying to establish s...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c12-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1:"Page 2, line 40, leave out subsection (3) and insert—" ““( ) A CORE sch...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c13 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 2 to 4:"Page 3, line 18, after ““same”” insert ““redirection””""Page 3, line 2...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is nothing between the noble Lords on both Front Benches and myself in what we seek ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c24-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth, for his well-targeted amendment. As...

Lord Norton of Louth | 682 c25 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, putting an amendment on the face of the Bill is a means to an end; a ministerial statement...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c25 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 13:"Page 6, line 31, at end insert—" ““( ) removing individuals from the e...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a small but sensible amendment. In my experience when canvassing with names of peo...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c21-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield. I appreciate entirely that he spe...

Lord Hanningfield | 682 c22-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that answer. I was reassured by the fact that she said she would ...

Lord Norton of Louth | 682 c23-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 12:"After Clause 6, insert the following new clause—" ““CORE SCHEMES: EVALUATI...

Lord Hanningfield | 682 c24 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I briefly rise to support my noble friend Lord Norton. This fits in with the earlier part ...

Lord Hanningfield | 682 c19-21 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 6:"Page 4, line 2, leave out ““may pay grant”” and insert ““must make sufficient...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c44 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am possibly replying to two groups at the same time or possibly not.

Lord Astor of Hever | 682 c31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support these amendments on which the noble Lord, Lord Garden, and my noble friend Lady ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c58-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 52:"Page 17, line 41, leave out subsection (4)." On Question, amendment agreed ...

Lord Norton of Louth | 682 c62-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had not intended to speak since I did not hear the whole speech of the noble Lord, Lord ...

Subjects

Disability

Disclosure of information

Data protection

Databases

Armed forces

Candidates

Administration

Absent voting

Age

Costs

Fraud

Elections

ICT

Identity cards

Documents

Electoral register

Harassment

Election observers

General elections

Pilot schemes

National identity register

Proof of identity

Psychiatric patients

Polling stations

Registration

Young people

Returning officers

Ballot papers

Legislation

Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06

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