"It is very easy for me to say “yes” from this Dispatch Box, so I will. There is an issue about how the limits have not been uprated in that time. However, we have been very clear that, in advance of next year’s elections, the uprating must come into effect. …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"That the Grand Committee do consider the Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Local Elections) (Northern Ireland) Order 2026...." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"My Lords, in speaking to these regulations, I will speak also to the Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Local Elections) (Northern Ireland) Order 2026 and the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Uprating Election Expenses) Order 2026. These statutory instruments make certain changes to the electoral system in Northern …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"That the Grand Committee do consider the Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026...." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"Absolutely; it is about take-up as well as who is likely to have access to those pieces of ID.
On absentee voting, Northern Ireland security checks are among the most stringent in the whole of the UK. As in the rest of the UK, applications are checked to ensure that …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"I immediately confess that one of my ministerial responsibilities is for elections in Northern Ireland. Given the imminent elections, I think that in part answers some of the questions about the timing and further reviews that we may need to undertake. We have an urgency before us to make sure …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech