Elections Bill

My Lords, I support the amendment, to which I have added my name and which has been so well intro...

My Lords, it is again my great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of Burtersett, ...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lords, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, on the amendment, and the nob...

My Lords, I heard all the contributions from all sides of the House, and I thank the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken. Amendment 139, as has been said, seeks to e...

I thank those who have supported me in this amendment. I am particularly grateful to those on the...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

141: After Clause 11, insert the following ...

My Lords, we had not pre-planned who would speak but, having attached my name to this amendment a...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, as it is t...

My Lords, the exacerbation of the political exclusion of poorer and marginalised communities—Gyps...

My Lords, I support both these amendments. Does the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, wish to speak to...

Carry on—I will not be saying anything very different.

First, it is important to establish that there is a problem. I quote from the briefing supplied b...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord True, has made two sets of powerful arguments about the right to v...

My Lords, throughout Committee I have kept coming back to the impact assessment. Right there on t...

My Lords, in speaking to my Amendment 144B, I would like first to take the opportunity to thank t...

My Lords, I thank the Committee for the debate; it is a debate we had two years ago when we were ...

The noble Baroness may be aware that there is an equivalent of a national register: Experian, whi...

I do not know, but I will look into that with the team.

Automatic registration therefore ri...

I will ask a question, because this may impact on another group. The Minister mentioned that we w...

No, I think we will deal with that later—but if we do not deal with that today, I shall make sure...

Could the Minister address the inconsistency to which I referred—that someone with a British pass...

No, because they are not registered. You cannot just have anybody walking into a polling station ...

So the Minister is saying that a British passport and a driving licence are random pieces of pape...

No, my Lords, but you have to register to vote in this country, and going into a polling station ...

My Lords, this has been a very interesting and informative debate and I thank the Minister for he...

I will.

I think from the discussion it is very obvious we are going to return to this on Report, but for ...

Moved by

Lord Holmes of Richmond

144: After Clause 11, insert the following new Claus...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to move this amendment. I will speak to Amendments 144 and 209 in my n...

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 150 and on some of the broader issues. I was quite worried, listen...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, for his introduction to his amendment. I thought w...

My Lords, these amendments both seek to improve and expedite means of voting for British citizens...

If that is the case, can the noble Baroness then say why we are allowed to register to vote elect...

Security is not as necessary for that as it would be for voting.

Amendment 150 from the nob...

My Lords, I have the greatest respect for the Minister, but that was an extraordinarily disappoin...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

144E: After Clause 11, insert the following...

I move and speak to Amendment 144E, which noble Lords will have noticed appears in the name of my...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to this amendment, which would protect the rights of people in te...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for the amendment. Although admirable in its intent, it intr...

My Lords, that was a very short but productive group. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Khan of Burnle...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

144F: After Clause 11, insert the following...

My Lords, I rise again to speak to amendments in my name, starting with Amendment 144F, which mov...

My Lords, the noble Baroness has come up with a very cunning plan and I have to say that, as a Li...

My Lords, I hear what the noble Baroness says, but there are many reasons for a deposit. It is a ...

My Lords, I am afraid that, having been able to be reasonably accommodating on the previous amend...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have participated in this short debate and thank the Minist...

Moved by

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

145: Clause 12, page 14, line 34, at end insert—