I do not want to interrupt the noble Lord because I want to shorten this process, if I can, but what is on the statute book is there under the Electoral Administration Act 2006. It is a new offence relating to applications for a postal or proxy vote, in which the maximum sentence is two years’ imprisonment. That is already on the statute book, but I shall say a bit more on that in due course.
Political Parties and Elections Bill
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Lord Bach
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 13 May 2009.
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