It would, to be fair, go some way to doing that: if the Government were willing to say, “If there is a new standard of proof to be able to cast your vote, we will provide that free of charge to every citizen in this country before this measure comes into effect,” that would allay some of my concerns, but of course the cost of that would be significant and I have not heard anything mentioned that suggests that is possible.
Public Services
Proceeding contribution from
Jonathan Reynolds
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 16 October 2019.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Public Services.
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