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Electoral Administration Bill

Will my right hon. and learned Friend consider that including the word ““maximise”” in the Bill might make it absolutely clear that we are intent on that aim? I acknowledge that all the steps that have been taken lead in that direction, but I believe that there is a general feeling in the Committee that specifying ““maximise”” might be helpful. I take it that my right hon. and learned Friend will not accept my specific amendments on data sharing and is considering introducing secondary legislation. Will she give me an assurance that she will examine the range of possibilities that has been mentioned today? I am especially concerned about cases of, for example, one local authority having access to its council housing records when another does not—that means different approaches—and, as happens in Sheffield, of electoral registration officers having access to information from a sixth form in a school but not in a college.