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Proceeding contribution from David Cairns (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 October 2005. It occurred during Debate on bill on Electoral Administration Bill.

Electoral Administration Bill

The Bill allows for individual registration. I think that some Opposition Members are trying to have their cake and eat it. At one point, the hon. Member for Epping Forest (Mrs. Laing) said that we must be careful about pushing ahead with measures that will unravel hundreds of years of history. However, when we said that the proposal would be a departure from the practice in Great Britain and that we therefore wanted to pilot it as it was important to proceed on an evidence base, Opposition Members said that we were not going far enough.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
438 c269-70 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
ICT Candidates Administration Absent voting Age Conduct Devolution Campaigns Fraud Finance Elections Eligibility Electoral Commission Electoral register European Parliament Election observers General elections Local government Pilot schemes Northern Ireland Prosecutions Personation Political parties Proof of identity Polling stations Wales Scotland Registration Voting behaviour Voting methods Returning officers Timetables Ballot papers
Legislation
Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06
Link
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