What I am struggling to understand is this. There is a fundamental difference between belonging to an organisation—be it any political party—to which you opt to belong and for which you might be expected to provide ID, and being able to vote as a citizen of the country. Those are totally different things.
Elections Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Bishop of Leeds
(Bishops (affiliation))
in the House of Lords on Monday, 21 March 2022.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Elections Bill.
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