Lord Goodlad
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(7 years, 11 months ago)
Lords ChamberThis is obviously one of the things that will be looked at following the report. We will report back further on better ways of making sure of people’s identity when they go to the polling station.
My Lords, why do we not do what the Australians have happily done very successfully for 90 years and make voting compulsory as a civic duty?
As I said in answer to my noble friend Lord Cormack, we have no plans for that. In fact, the Australian system has not been absolutely perfect. There are still quite a lot of people who do not vote. It is not failsafe.