Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

My Lords, I suspect that I am not the only Member of this House who finds this a thoroughly unatt...

My Lords, I, too, received advice from the clerks of the House and I valued it. At the end of the...

I am most grateful to the noble Lord. Could he, with his experience as Speaker in the other place...

The noble Lord is quite right. However, it is not only the Speaker who gets advice from the clerk...

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My Lords, I think that it is the general mood of the House that it is time to hear from the noble...

My Lords, I am obliged to the Chief Whip. Amendments are admissible in this House if they are, to...

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I will take interventions when I have finished this part of my speech.

The correct approach...

My Lords, it was on this point that I had wished to intervene from the perspective of someone who...

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We are in Committee, my Lords. Is it not the case that our clerks are uniquely experienced and un...

My Lords, I am not suggesting a new and revolutionary approach. There is one group of people—name...

The noble and learned Lord keeps citing the 1968 case. Is it not true that Lord Goodman then with...

He withdrew his amendment at the end of the debate, making it absolutely clear that there was no ...

Very briefly on this point of relevance, perhaps I may draw the attention of my noble and learned...

I do not know if your Lordships have noticed, but it is my personal view that this is an admissib...

My Lords, I have thought hard if not long about how to respond to the debate on the amendment mov...

I think it is clear from the wording of the Act that, as a result of the amendment, if there was ...

I am reassured that the noble and learned Lord makes that point, but that means that this particu...

With respect, the Minister has now said, on about three or four occasions, that we are tying the ...

That is perfectly correct. I was just asking noble Lords to consider where that puts this House i...

My Lords, how would the reputation of this House be damaged if the other place decided to follow ...

My Lords, it would be because we will have shown that we are not in a position to take advice fro...

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It is indisputable that the amendment is inadmissible. The House may overrule that, but it is ina...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to all the arguments put in this debate. I am afraid that I d...

Moved by

Lord Rennard

39: Schedule 4, page 21, line 23, leave out “, so far as is rea...

My Lords, our Amendment 39 seeks to resolve concerns raised by the Electoral Commission that the ...

My Lords, we have two amendments in this group. They chime with the point that the noble Lord, Lo...

My Lords, first, I thank my noble friend for raising the issue of the general duty on registratio...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his assurances that there is no intention whatever to weaken t...

Moved by

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

39B: Schedule 4, page 21, line 26, at end insert—<...

This amendment seeks to put an additional duty on electoral registration officers. Tackling elect...

My Lords, Amendment 39B would require electoral registration officers to report to the police any...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his reply. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

40: Schedule 4, page 22, line 20, at end insert—

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 44 and 46. These amendments are all technical and cons...

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

41: Schedule 4, page 23, line 15, leave out “In sect...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 42. These are minor amendments and are intended to ensu...

My Lords, the amendment sounds reasonable. Am I right in saying that there will now be no time li...

My Lords, I think that I am getting into slightly technical territory, but my understanding is th...

That is incredibly helpful. I am more than happy to see the 14 days go. The consequence is that, ...

I am very happy to confirm to the noble and learned Lord that that is the case.

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

42: Schedule 4, page 23, line 23, at end insert—

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

44A: Schedule 4, page 24, line 26, leave out “must r...

My Lords, this is a minor and technical amendment to the Bill. It ensures that there is no ambigu...

I feel sorry for the Minister because this is rather a complicated amendment. It was presented as...

I understand that the key phrase in the amendment is the reference back to paragraph 1, but its p...

I am perfectly content with that answer. Perhaps the Minister could have somebody write a little ...

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

45: Schedule 4, page 25, line 24, at end insert—

Moved by

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

47: Schedule 5, page 27, line 21, at end insert—