As the hon. Gentleman may or may not know, it is entirely standard to count in that way. The same was done on the questions of equal marriage and of BBC charter reform, because there is a material difference between clicking a button to sign a preformed digital signature and writing in separately. This is how things have been in other big consultations. It is entirely normal, and the full details were set out last Thursday.
Data Protection Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Matt Hancock
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 5 March 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Data Protection Bill [Lords].
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