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Electoral Administration Bill

Does the Minister accept that sometimes it is not easy to identify the head of the household? Going back to houses in multiple occupation, you would not have a clue who was meant to fill in the form. I have some sympathy with the amendment, but we could amend proposed new subsection (2)(a) to encompass it instead. There is some advantage in the amendment, but I go back to the question that I asked originally: why is left as permissive? If you want to know the names of people for the register, surely it must be a requirement that you do it. The amendment is in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, but I asked him the question in the wrong place, as I have the wrong list. He may have a reason for not thinking that the word should be ““shall””, but I think that it should be ““shall””. There is some virtue in the amendment, but the objective could probably be achieved by amending subsection (2)(a).