There are other organisations. I should perhaps have said that I am not certain why we are ruling out, for example, electoral registration officers getting together. Local authorities would be perfectly entitled to oversee this function. My concern arises purely from the fact that the Electoral Commission is marked down in the Bill as the one authority mentioned, but there are others. Harriet Harman has already said in the other place that there could be other organisations.
Electoral Administration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Hanham
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 28 February 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Electoral Administration Bill.
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