Electoral Administration Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Grand Committee.
Electoral Administration Bill
Debate on bills on Monday, 13 February 2006,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord Falconer of Thoroton.
The answering
member was Baroness Hanham.
About these Parliamentary proceedings
Reference
678 c1014-60Session
2005-06Legislative stage
Second readingChamber / Committee
House of Lords chamberRelated items
Electoral Administration Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 58-EN also published.
Thursday, 12 January 2006
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House of Commons
Thursday, 12 January 2006
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House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Lord Greaves | 678 c1041-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, once again we have the interesting paradox of the unelected House of Lords talking about e...
Lord Rennard | 678 c1046-50 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this debate has been a welcome and rare opportunity to re-examine our electoral mechanisms...
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Lord Elder | 678 c1044-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as many other participants in the debate have suggested, there is, indeed, much to be welc...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 678 c1053-60 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to what was an interesting coll...
Baroness Seccombe | 678 c1050-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this has been a highly informative debate into the very basis of our democracy. As my nobl...
Lord Beaumont of Whitley | 678 c1037-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, like most speakers in the debate, I, too, welcome large parts of the Bill. Like my noble d...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 678 c1039-41 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to address two narrow areas of the Bill. Before doing so, I congratulate the Govern...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 678 c1032-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Gale. Although only half of my blood i...
Lord Garden | 678 c1034-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor said in his opening speech that service vot...
Baroness Gale | 678 c1029-32 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I very much welcome the Bill. I hope that it will help to increase participation and make ...
Lord Rix | 678 c1028-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, first, I declare an interest as president of the Royal Mencap Society. I welcome the oppor...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 678 c1025-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, from these Benches we welcome the opportunity to debate the Bill. There is much in it that...
Baroness Hanham | 678 c1021-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I do not think that I mentioned all-postal balloting; I mentioned vote-rigging. I beg the ...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 678 c1021 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I very much apologise for interrupting. Did the noble Baroness suggest that the allegation...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 678 c1014-21 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Ashton of Upholland, I beg to move that the Bill be now ...
Baroness Hanham | 678 c1021 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor for introducing the Bill in the det...
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