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Proceeding contribution from Lord Greaves (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 28 February 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Electoral Administration Bill.


Electoral Administration Bill

I am rather less satisfied with the answer to this amendment than I was with answers to previous amendments that I have moved today, and the Minister has made me even more suspicious. I can think of lots of circumstances in which such a payment might be demanded, arranged and imposed by the Secretary of State or whoever through the CORE scheme. The problem is that I would be against them all, and I am afraid that the noble Baroness’s comments have not made me any less suspicious. Before I withdraw the amendment, I want to say that there is a creeping problem here. If it is now being envisaged that the CORE scheme—the national database—will start to do work on behalf of local EROs, then it undermines the principle—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
679 c112GC 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Contracts Data protection Databases Administration Fraud Finance Elections Electorate ICT Electoral Commission Electoral register Registration Electoral registration officers Coordinated online record of electors
Legislation
Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06
Link
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