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Electoral Administration Bill

Perhaps my hon. Friend will explain the matter later in his remarks. but I am puzzled by amendment No. 17, which he tabled. It would provide for the application to include"““a copy of the applicant’s signature, date of birth and national insurance number (or a statement that he does not have one)””." What assurance can we have of the system’s safety if someone could provide a signature, presumably without much verification, a date of birth—I do not know how we verify that—and then had the gall to say, ““I don’t have a national insurance number””? What kind of assurance does that give me as a citizen that that person is entitled to vote?