Elections Bill

My Lords, I have heard speeches from the noble Lord, Lord Woolley, on a number of occasions. Each...

My Lords, I rise to speak to these amendments and throw the Greens’ considerable weight behind th...

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 2, 3 and 4. Throughout the debates on the Bill I have bee...

I do not understand what the noble Lord is saying. The last Labour Government started the procedu...

My Lords, I used to be on those Benches with the noble Lord, so I am not a stranger to that story...

The noble Lord made such an important point about the need to move on, this being Report after a ...

I thank the noble Baroness but, as she knows, I have been here listening to all the debates. This...

My Lords, this House can spend a great deal of time discussing the meaning of a single word. Word...

My Lords, I will briefly speak to Amendment 8 in my name and the names of other noble Lords. The ...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 8, to which I have added my name. I am very pleased to foll...

My Lords, I rise to support—I could say all the amendments in this group, but that is slightly in...

My Lords, I would like to pick up on a couple of comments. The noble Lord, Lord Desai, spoke abou...

Can the noble Baroness tell me exactly what “photo” means? Looking at the list produced by the no...

My Lords, I am only saying that I have had no objection to it being a photo ID. The implication s...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Verma. She has raised some of the issues that have pro...

My Lords, I did not participate in Committee but I intervened a couple of times, most notably whe...

My Lords, I rise very reluctantly to speak in this debate because I participated only very briefl...

My Lords, it has been a very wide-ranging debate, considering it is Report. I wonder if the House...

My Lords, I will not go over the ground that we have already covered—and there has been a lot—and...

My Lords, I am grateful to those who have spoken. In case I forget it, I will take up right at th...

The Minister mentions attestation, but this Bill specifically introduces at a later stage the all...

My Lords, I am explaining to the House why we are concerned in this particular context. I would h...

I apologise for intervening again, as we are trying to get on with this, but I did ask a specific...

My Lords, the Government’s objective—as indeed is the objective of anybody who practices the art ...

It has been an interesting debate. I want us to move on, but I want to pick up a couple of points...

Moved by

Lord Desai

2: Schedule 1, page 69, leave out line 8 and insert “The Electora...

I want to move Amendment 2 because I feel that I have a simpler solution to what the Government p...

Moved by

Lord Willetts

8: Schedule 1, page 83, line 25, at end insert—

“(1HA) I...

My Lords, I think it is important to test the opinion of the House. The Minister spoke very eloqu...

Moved by

Baroness Quin

9A: Clause 3, leave out Clause 3

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 9A and also Amendments 9B and 70, which are consequential am...

My Lords, there is a problem with permanent postal votes, and it is a problem for which I am part...

I will be very brief, because we need to make progress. I just say that, clearly, we are aware th...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Quin, for her kind remarks, and I apologise that she d...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. I am still somewhat concerned about the possible e...

Moved by

Lord True

10: Clause 7, page 10, line 33, leave out “a local government elec...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 10 to 18, 20 to 25, 47 and 50 tabled in my name. Apart fr...

Moved by

Lord True

11: Clause 7, page 10, line 38, leave out “a local government elec...

Moved by

Lord True

12: Clause 8, page 11, line 10, leave out “is guilty of undue infl...

Moved by

Lord Hayward

19: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause—

“Sec...

My Lords, I first welcome my noble friend the Minister back to his place. He has dealt, as manful...

My Lords, I have a great deal of sympathy with what the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, has put in fron...

My Lords, I, too, have sympathy with the noble Lord, Lord Hayward. Certainly, this is a matter of...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for bringing this subject forward again. I know he strikes a ch...

I thank my noble friend for his response, which I find reassuring, but I find more reassuring the...

Moved by

Lord True

20: Schedule 5, page 113, line 14, leave out “115” and insert “114...

Moved by

Lord Holmes of Richmond

26: Clause 9, page 12, line 21, after “vote” insert ...

My Lords, I will also speak to Amendments 27 to 30 and 34 to 37, which are all in my name. I than...

My Lords, I express my full support and that of the Liberal Democrats for the noble Lord, Lord Ho...

My Lords, I too very much support and welcome these amendments. I am very pleased that there have...

My Lords, I shall make three brief points. First, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, on ...

My Lords, I support the nine amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, and congratul...

My Lords, I stand briefly to speak on this and to apologise to my noble friend for missing the en...

My Lords, we very much welcome and support the amendments put forward by the noble Lord, Lord Hol...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken for their general welcome and support for the a...

Before the Minister sits down, can he say something about what the RNIB has asked for in respect ...

My Lords, I infer from the debate that the RNIB has been spreading quite a lot of correspondence ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who participated in this evening’s debate, and particularly my ...

Moved by

Lord Holmes of Richmond

27: Clause 9, page 12, line 22, after “37” insert “(...

Moved by

Lord Hayward

31: Before Clause 10, insert the following new Clause—

“C...

My Lords, before I make any comments in relation to this group of amendments, I want to pay credi...

My Lords, I simply want to declare an interest in that, if this amendment is passed, I should be ...

My Lords, I will briefly address the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Hayward. There is an ano...

My Lords, with respect to Amendments 31 to 33 and 38, under the current law, a person who is nomi...

My Lords, I note the welcome for that from all sides of the House. I am getting slightly embarras...

Moved by

Lord Hayward

32: Schedule 6, page 117, line 28, leave out “8” and insert “6A...

Moved by

Lord Holmes of Richmond

34: Schedule 6, page 119, line 17, after “vote” inse...

Moved by

Lord Hayward

38: Schedule 6, page 123, line 18, at end insert—

“18A_ I...

Moved by

Lord Collins of Highbury

39: Clause 12, leave out Clause 12

My Lords, I will introduce this amendment, tabled by my noble friend Lady Hayman of Ullock. I hop...

My Lords, my name is attached to this amendment, together with those of the noble Baronesses, Lad...

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment and give it my full support. We did much of the ...

My Lords, I have attached my name to the amendment that Clause 12 not stand part of the Bill. I w...

My Lords, the case is there. We rehearsed it extensively in Committee. At the time, we heard some...

He has had a Covid revelation.

No. As the House knows, nothing distresses me more in life than disappointing my erstwhile collea...

It is so often said that PR was defeated in 2011. The simple fact is that PR was not on the ballo...

I have not read as many volumes on proportional voting systems as the noble Lord. I simply repeat...

My Lords, what really struck me from the Minister’s responses was that, if the Government felt so...

My Lords, I should point out that, if Amendment 39 is passed, I cannot call Amendment 41 by reaso...