No, I do not accept that. The Electoral Commission and the Government have always been out there advertising and promoting the need to vote in this country, as have the political parties. Since we have had to have voter ID, that has not seemed to be an issue; most people have it and know that they have only to go to their local authority to get a voter identity document if they do not. I do not think that that is the case; I think that some people do not want to vote.
Representation of the People (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 13 May 2024.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Representation of the People (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
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