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Representation of the People (Electoral Registration Data Schemes) Regulations 2011

Debates on delegated legislation on Tuesday, 7 June 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Lord McNally. The answering member was Baroness Royall of Blaisdon.

Draft Representation of the People (Electoral Registration Data Schemes) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/1467). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2011 (SI 2011/1466). Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

728 c1-17GC

Session

2010-12

Department

Ministry of Justice

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee

Representation of the People (Electoral Registration Data Schemes) Regulations 2011
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons

Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2011
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons

Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2011, Representation of the People (Electoral Registration Data Schemes) Regulations 2011
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Jones | 728 c17GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister.

Lord McNally | 728 c1GC (Link to this contribution) That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Representation of the Peo...

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Lord McNally | 728 c1-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the order and regulations will together provide the legal basis for the electoral registra...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 728 c3-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare that I am an electoral commissioner, having joined the commission on 1 October l...

Lord Wills | 728 c9GC (Link to this contribution) I thought that someone would challenge me on this and I am delighted to give way to the noble Lord, ...

Lord Tyler | 728 c4-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, because I know that he shares the commit...

Lord Jones | 728 c7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, and my noble friend on the Electoral Commission. I als...

Lord Wills | 728 c7-9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend and all noble Lords who have made important con...

Lord Tyler | 728 c9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords—

Lord McNally | 728 c17GC (Link to this contribution) This has been a useful and question-filled debate, although we will have to wait for Hansard to find...

Lord Wills | 728 c16GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. As he seemed to miss my comment, I want to stress that...

Lord Jones | 728 c16GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful that the Minister is grappling. First, can a Minister direct the electoral registratio...

Lord McNally | 728 c16GC (Link to this contribution) Yes. However, I refer to one of the points that my noble friend Lord Tyler made in the most enjoyabl...

Lord Jones | 728 c16GC (Link to this contribution) The Minister will concede that we needed to be told in proceedings that the schedule was inaccurate....

Lord McNally | 728 c16GC (Link to this contribution) I shall write to the noble Lord on his first question. As I understand it, Cardiff withdrew but, aga...

Lord McNally | 728 c16GC (Link to this contribution) I will check, but I think that I said that in my opening remarks.

Lord McNally | 728 c13-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in discussions on electoral registration, nothing causes the heart to sink so much as the ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 728 c12-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his clear explanation of the instruments and I look forw...

Lord Wills | 728 c11-2GC (Link to this contribution) I agree. This was a particularly intractable problem, which Governments have looked at and tried to ...

Lord Tyler | 728 c11GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is eloquent, but perhaps I may ask him to confirm one thing before he completely rewr...

Lord Wills | 728 c9-10GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Tyler. He is fully aware that we are talking about a matter of...

Lord Tyler | 728 c9GC (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to challenge that. I want to draw the noble Lord’s attention to the fact—he is a very ...

Lord Wills | 728 c10-1GC (Link to this contribution) With all due respect to the noble Lord, we have to make that judgment on the basis of evidence, but ...

Lord Tyler | 728 c10GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry, but we did not support the timescale that the noble Lord is now describing. In this very...

Lord Wills | 728 c10GC (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that the noble Lord has made that point. We set up a process under which there would ...

Lord Tyler | 728 c10GC (Link to this contribution) I give credit to all who can improve registration, but the noble Lord is again undermining his own c...