Voter ID Pilots
Debate between Chloe Smith and Greg Hands(5 years, 7 months ago)
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Chloe Smith
I thoroughly welcome those comments. The hon. Lady is absolutely correct. This is simply a matter of common sense. It is a quite reasonable and proportionate thing to ask people to do that is in line with what we do elsewhere in the UK and throughout everyday life.
Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham) (Con)
Madam Deputy Speaker,
“How will we check people’s ID? We will be using a two-level check to verify the person attending is who we have on our membership list. Named Photo ID: This is for branch officers to see photographic ID which has a name that matches the name on the list and is of the person who has presented to the meeting…Proof of Address”.
That is from the Tottenham constituency Labour party website with regard to its own meetings. If Labour Members think that two forms of proof are needed to vote in their own elections, why do they think that is not appropriate for national elections?
Chloe Smith
I quite agree, and I am delighted that my right hon. Friend has laid it out so clearly. It is not good enough to say one thing and do another, and then come to this House and lecture others on it.
Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Chloe Smith and Greg Hands(5 years, 8 months ago)
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Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham) (Con)
The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Chloe Smith)
I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for raising that point. The Government continue to support that Bill and think it is the right thing to do.
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Debate between Chloe Smith and Greg Hands(5 years, 11 months ago)
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Chloe Smith
I shall be happy to meet the hon. Lady and her colleagues. I know that the independent Office for National Statistics, whose decisions these are, has written to the APPG in some detail, and I know that the ONS will also listen carefully to the hon. Lady’s question and endeavour to answer it.
Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham) (Con)
Are the Government still committed to abolishing the insidious 15-year rule that applies to British expats voting in UK elections?