Electoral Administration Bill

Not much. I speak as something of a walking expert on the topic, having listened to debates in the House and chaired a body where another body had to have regard to our recommendation. It was a council, which promptly read it and completely ignored everything we said and did something completely different. One could come up with reasons, which would be fairly broad, for the purpose of complying with that requirement. That is why I am concerned with that particular provision. I would like to see even that requirement firmed up, given the limitations of having to have regard to it. It is an extremely soft one in law. That is what I was trying to address by this wording, rather than removing ““may have regard to”” and requiring compliance. I think that is something that may well be worth reconsidering.