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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Ashton of Upholland (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 16 March 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Electoral Administration Bill.


Electoral Administration Bill

I take the noble Lord’s point. However, he is heading into the world of those who are ex-directory as opposed to those who are vulnerable. I should be happy to discuss further with the noble Lord any proposals that he might have. I refer to the great joy of dealing with this matter in secondary legislation. The measure is designed to deal with those who would be in danger—if I can describe it as such—if their whereabouts were known. We have talked about people who are being stalked, those who are victims of domestic violence and people subject to witness protection programmes. Those are really the people we seek to protect here in an appropriate and sensitive way. If we broadened out the measure to particular classes of people, we would move out of that area. That is probably a wholly different debate. It is one that I am very happy to have, but it is not an area that we are seeking to tackle in this part of the Bill, as I think the noble Lord agrees.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
679 c565GC 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Disclosure of information Armed forces Administration Fraud Elections Electoral register Mental illness Pilot schemes Personation Multiple occupation Proof of identity Registration Students
Legislation
Electoral Registration Bill 2005-06
Link
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