Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Andrew Turner Excerpts
Wednesday 8th June 2016

(8 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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I can inform the House that the drafting of the SI for tomorrow’s debate will include Northern Ireland.

Andrew Turner Portrait Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) (Con)
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The ability easily to register online meant that many applications last year were duplicates, which meant that otherwise unnecessary extra work was required from election teams. How many applications were genuine, and how many were duplicates?

Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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My hon. Friend will have an opportunity to raise that and other such important issues in tomorrow’s debate.

I wish to clarify the Northern Ireland situation. It is still subject to discussion, but because Northern Ireland has a different system of registration, we want to make sure it is handled in the appropriate way.