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Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

The Minister said that the United Kingdom is one of the few countries that does not have individual registration. Of course, we have had that in Northern Ireland for some 10 years. I think it has been a success, and I therefore warmly welcome his proposals. However, it has led to a drop in the number of people registered, partly for the reasons that he outlined—for example, because some people should not be on the register in the first place. Will he take on board the lesson that we learned in Northern Ireland, which was that resources needed to put into the Electoral Office to ensure that young people, in particular, got signed up to the register?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
545 c1175 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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