Does my hon. Friend agree that presiding officers should be given a certain amount of flexibility when it comes to deciding exactly where their polling station is, and should have enough flexibility to be able to say “In the interests of democracy, I should make this decision”, or does he believe that the legislation should be so prescriptive that it lays down in black and white exactly what should happen? I tend to think that it would be quite good for the presiding officer to have a bit of wriggle room, and to have a say in what should happen when unforeseen circumstances occur.
Electoral Registration and Administration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Bob Stewart
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 27 June 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Electoral Registration and Administration Bill.
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