Elections Bill
Debate between Baroness Noakes and Lord AdonisMonday 21st March 2022
(2 years, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Noakes (Con)
I am sorry that I do not have chapter and verse with me, but the Electoral Commission has called for voter ID since 2014. As I said, Northern Ireland has used it for nearly 40 years.
I find it quite extraordinary that polling station procedures in Great Britain are virtually the same today as they were when I started voting 50 years ago. It is quite remarkable.
Lord Adonis (Lab)
If the system works well, why change it? I thought it was a good Conservative principle that, when it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change.
Baroness Noakes (Con)
The world has changed very considerably in the past half a century.
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Debate between Baroness Noakes and Lord Adonis(5 years, 9 months ago)
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Lord Adonis (Lab)
The resignation of any Prime Minister is an extremely sombre moment, and I think it will not be lost on the House that this is the second Prime Minister in a row who has—
Baroness Noakes (Con)
The Prime Minister has not actually resigned. She has merely indicated that she will not lead the second stage of the negotiations.
Lord Adonis
I am aware of the fact that she has not literally gone today, but she is going very shortly.