Yes, that is correct. I referred to that point in response to the right hon. Member for Belfast North, when I spoke about the carry-forward. There is the important safeguard that if people fail to register to vote individually and there is no reason to think that they are not eligible to vote, there is a carry-forward process to stop the drop-off that we saw in Northern Ireland when it moved to a new system.
Electoral Registration and Administration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Harper
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 23 May 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Electoral Registration and Administration Bill.
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