Proceeding contribution from Baroness Laing of Elderslie (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 July 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill on Political Parties and Elections Bill.

Political Parties and Elections Bill

I appreciate the points the Minister is making—and I am grateful to him for giving us Conservatives credit for having pushed for many years for these necessary amendments. He brings up the issue of the comprehensiveness of the register, however, but I have to say that I have never considered that anyone in this House, or anyone concerned in any way in promoting and safeguarding democracy, wishes anything other than to have a register that is as comprehensive as possible. How could anybody possibly argue that the register should be anything but comprehensive? Of course it is a sine qua non of a proper democratic system that the register should be comprehensive. If I have not argued for that feature, that is because I took it as a foregone conclusion that we all want the register to be comprehensive.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 496 c107
Session: 2008-09
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Disclosure of information Data protection Databases Devolved matters Armed forces Fraud Finance Elections Juries Donors Electoral Commission Electoral register European Parliament Domicil National insurance Public appointments Political parties Proof of identity Standards Scotland Registration Coordinated online record of electors
Legislation: Political Parties and Elections Bill 2007-08 to 2008-09
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Political Parties and Elections Bill

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