Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

My Lords, Amendment 1 stands in my name and in the name of my noble and learned friend Lord Falco...

My Lords, it may not surprise the House that I have very considerable sympathy with the arguments...

My Lords, we have come a long way in discussing this issue since the Bill was subjected to pre-le...

I thank the Minister for that, and, of course, the noble Lord, Lord Rennard, for his support. I a...

Moved by

Lord Lexden

2: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause—

“Repre...

My Lords, I have tabled Amendment 2 in order to return to an issue that I raised in Committee las...

My Lords, I will not detain the House long as I made our position clear in Committee and it has n...

My Lords, I support the amendment moved so ably by my noble friend Lord Lexden. It is a novel ame...

My Lords, I intervene only briefly to ask a question, because the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, quite r...

I am toying with supporting my noble friend’s amendment but I just wish to seek clarification on ...

I support the amendment. I got a very dusty answer in Committee, and I do not really agree with m...

I hope that the noble Lord did not hear what I just said to my noble friend, which was, “He’s wic...

My Lords, I start by declaring an interest: I have two sisters, two nephews and one son who are B...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to my noble friend for suggesting that I undertake the consider...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

3: Clause 7, page 5, line 40, leave out para...

My Lords, Amendment 3 stands in my name and that of my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer of ...

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness. Many of us in this Chamber who have been involved in canv...

My Lords, the annual door-to-door household canvass is an extremely important part of the current...

My Lords, I start by stressing again that we all share the goal of getting as complete and accura...

My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, I want to be absolutely clear. Does the Electoral Comm...

The Electoral Commission has to provide a report assessing the extent to which the registration o...

My Lords, they are not strong enough. We are coming, later on, to an amendment on the 10 pm closi...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

4: Clause 11, page 8, line 5, at end insert “(but p...

My Lords, this amendment is part of a group tabled in my name along with Amendments 5, 8, 10, 14 ...

My Lords, I shall be very brief, except to say that sometimes I sit here, as I have today, wonder...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Tyler and I have both signed the amendments in this group. They cl...

My Lords, these amendments in effect fall into two categories. First, on dealing with the carryov...

The noble and learned Lord suggested earlier that he has some misgivings about the motivations an...

I have to be frank with the noble Lord: I do not expect to be in the role of Secretary of State. ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for contributing to this short debate. The statement made by th...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

5: Schedule 5, page 29, line 23, leave out “second ...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

8: Schedule 5, page 36, line 33, at end insert—

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

10: Schedule 5, page 37, line 2, at end insert—

Moved by

Lord Pannick

11: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause—

“Vo...

My Lords, this amendment stands in my name and in the names of three other members of your Lordsh...

Moved by

Lord Lipsey

12: After Clause 18, line 10, at end insert—

“(3) Section ...

I owe the House an explanation, whichever way things go tonight, for moving an amendment which I ...

My Lords, as a member of the Constitution Committee and a signatory to the amendment moved by the...

I, too, want to speak briefly to Amendment 11 in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Pannick and L...

My Lords, I welcome the fact that the noble Lord is going to do something on Report. As has been ...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, had noted in previous debates on this issue, the sentim...

I beg leave to withdraw my Amendment 12.

I am very grateful indeed to the Minister and to the Minister in another place, Chloe Smith. I am...

Moved by

Lord Norton of Louth

13: After Clause 22, insert the following new Clause—