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Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

The hon. Gentleman says that, but what is to prevent someone from shifting the camera so that it covers the voting booths? My hon. Friend the Member for Vale of Clwyd also made a good point about cost. I think that many electors would find it intimidating to be filmed while they were performing their democratic right. I therefore think that this is a very strange suggestion from the Liberal Democrats. They rail against the Big Brother state a lot, but this would be taking the Big Brother state to a huge and strange conclusion.

I also find it strange that the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley is in favour of people marking their fingers. Again, I am not sure that that would go down well in my constituency.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
547 c340 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Notes
Daily Part printing error: c340, after Chris Ruane's intervention and before that of John Hemming, we should have:Mr Jones: I am—
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