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Electoral Register

I was coming to the hon. Gentleman's point about the ability to report possible abuses anonymously. I see some merit in that; it is a perfectly reasonable point of view. I can say straight away to him that we will look into it, but in doing so we must be careful to strike a balance. We must be careful to protect against malicious, vexatious complaints. They could be made because of neighbour disputes; they could be made for all sorts of malign reasons. I do not think at all that the idea is without merit. I want to look into it and I want to say some other things in a moment that will give comfort to the hon. Gentleman in this context.