The speech from the hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) was interesting. It was like saying that 788 planes landed safely at Heathrow and that only one crashed, and then asking why we are spending our time on the crash.
The new clause is a probing suggestion that something should happen. Clearly, something should happen. It would be a good idea for the Minister to say that he will get the Association of Chief Police Officers together with the Electoral Commission, electoral registration officers and others to come forward with a way of finding out how much of a problem there is—that means research—and a statement of how the police could gain the information on which they can base prosecutions when problems are reported.
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