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Proceeding contribution from Eric Forth (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 11 January 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill on Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06.


Electoral Administration Bill

The hon. Gentleman gives the answer to his own question, however inadvertently. The fact that we do not have prosecutions reveals the fact that the present system is so porous, so full of loopholes, so weak and so vulnerable that the authorities do not have the ability, the power or the mechanisms to discover where the fraud is occurring or who is on the register who should not be.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
441 c337-8 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Databases Armed forces Administration Absent voting Costs Fraud Finance Elections Electorate Donors Expenditure Electoral Commission Electoral register National insurance Pilot schemes Northern Ireland Prisoners Political parties Proof of identity Registration Voting methods
Legislation
Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06
Link
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