Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

My Lords—

Has the noble Lord moved the amendment yet?

7.30 pm

No.

I am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I am not in principle against what he is sug...

Indeed, I understand that and we would not do so lightly. We had significant differences over the...

My Lords—

My Lords, we are in Committee but I think I am right in saying that the procedure is that until t...

I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister. All that I am arguing in my contribution is that t...

My Lords, I am sorry if I have breached the long-standing conventions of the House. I intervened ...

My Lords, I, too, share some reservations on this matter. I was glad to see my noble friend Lord ...

My Lords, we have just heard from two very distinguished senior members of former Administrations...

Would “another person” be an election agent of a party, or someone purporting to be?

No.

With great respect, that is what the amendment says. It does not say a registration officer or a ...

My Lords, if the Government feel that the amendment is inadequate in that respect, and my noble f...

I make it clear to the noble Lord, as I did previously, that I do not approach this proposal with...

The noble Lord has been generous enough to say that he does not in any way question the integrity...

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rennard, for the little education he gave me in an ...

My Lords, before I address the amendments directly, I take up some of the broader issues raised b...

Perhaps my noble friend could address the particular problems found when the Cabinet Office funde...

I entirely take the noble Lord’s point, and add that an information campaign is clearly an import...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation of what the Government are doing and his confi...

My Lords, may I interrupt the—

If the noble Lord will forgive me, I am about to say that I will not press the amendment to a vot...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

12: Clause 4, page 3, line 39, leave out fro...

My Lords, this is perhaps the most important of the amendments that we will discuss today. This g...

My Lords, the annual canvass is an established part of our electoral arrangements and, on the fac...

My Lords, I am very supportive of continuing the annual canvass because it is crucial. Anyone who...

My Lords, having come to this debate and this Bill recently, I have found this evening very thoug...

I think we would also be wise to recall that in recent years additional commissioners have been a...

Perhaps I may add to that. I am well aware of what the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, is saying. I sugge...

My Lords, I am very conscious of the experience of both my noble friend and the noble Lord, Lord ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response, but I am not happy. There are three elements. T...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Martin, remarked that there was much else for the House to do, but...