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Electoral Administration Bill

Does my hon. Friend accept that it is not simply a matter of getting a result in which people can believe? He knows that, in Bradford, the police have investigated more than 250 cases of alleged electoral fraud since the general election. People in my part of the world would prefer to have a robust system of voting and registering so that the police can concentrate on catching thugs, muggers and those who damage society. People in Bradford would regard my hon. Friend’s proposal of using national insurance numbers as a common-sense way of allowing the police to do the job that they want them to do rather investigating electoral fraud.