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Electoral Administration Bill

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord. The noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, rightly indicated that she had information about Third Reading that I did not have. That is right and proper, too, because it is the hands of the other parties to determine that. I am merely a Minister—I turn up when I am told to. But what I take from all our debates today is a desire that, if we are able to get this Bill out of your Lordships’ House in good shape, I should invest time to ensure that we can achieve that. I always live in hope that that means I will not lose anything at later stages and I always do my best to try to accommodate when I can. But regarding the loans amendments, which I said I would return to and which are important to all political parties here and in another place, and the service voters, I am under an obligation to do what I said I would do for your Lordships’ House. If that means that I need to discuss the possibility of moving Third Reading, I will do so—but in conjunction, of course, with the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, and the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, for it will not be in my gift. I hope that if we feel we need a slight delay, we can make that proposal together, so that I can do what I promised to do.