Voter Identification Debate
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Baroness Verma
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Voter Identification
Baroness Verma Excerpts(1 year, 11 months ago)
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Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
I have not read it; I have been working since 8 am, so I am sorry that I have not had time to read the Times. This is an identification card for voting; it is not a full ID card, which I think the House would want to debate with far more time than we have this afternoon.
Baroness Verma (Con)
My Lords, I would like to ask the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, where she gets her information from. I am with minority communities day in, day out, and we discuss voting and elections because I want more people from my community to be engaged. I am afraid that this ruse, which I hear in this Chamber over and over again, that they will not want to contribute and participate is a load of rubbish.
Baroness Meacher (CB)
I think I need to respond to that accusation, if I may—