(2 years, 9 months ago)
Lords ChamberNo, I think we will deal with that later—but if we do not deal with that today, I shall make sure that the noble Lord gets a note on it, because I do not have a list of them to hand.
We have no plans to introduce automatic registration, and I request that the amendment is withdrawn.
Could the Minister address the inconsistency to which I referred—that someone with a British passport and a British driving licence, obeying the requirements in this Bill for identification for voting, could be denied the right to vote because they are not registered?
No, because they are not registered. You cannot just have anybody walking into a polling station with some pieces of paper or a passport and saying that they have the right to vote. They have to register to vote.
So the Minister is saying that a British passport and a driving licence are random pieces of paper. Is that how she is referring to them?
(2 years, 9 months ago)
Lords ChamberMy Lords, that is if anybody goes back because they have not been intimidated into not going in the first place, I have to say. I respectfully say that this is something that we simply cannot ignore—
Will the noble Baroness explain the relationship between intimidation and the intimidating need to get photo ID?