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Proceeding contribution from Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 15 May 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill on Electoral Administration Bill.

Electoral Administration Bill

My Lords, I support these amendments on which the noble Lord, Lord Garden, and my noble friend Lady Hanham have spoken eloquently. As per my noble friend, this really is an important issue. As the noble Lord, Lord Garden, said, after the fiasco of the last election—where almost 200,000 service men and women were denied the chance to vote—the Prime Minister promised to rectify an obviously failing system. Yet we still await any progress on that. That is a betrayal of our Armed Forces and I hope that the Minister will give a clear assurance that the Government really are taking this point seriously.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
682 c31 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disability Disclosure of information Data protection Databases Armed forces Candidates Administration Absent voting Age Costs Fraud Elections ICT Identity cards Documents Electoral register Harassment Election observers General elections Pilot schemes National identity register Proof of identity Psychiatric patients Polling stations Registration Young people Returning officers Ballot papers
Legislation
Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06
Link
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