Voter Identification

Hywel Williams Excerpts
Tuesday 21st February 2023

(1 year, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Hywel Williams Portrait Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC)
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The census shows that 40% of people in Wales do not have a passport, compared with 2.9% in Westminster. We will have no experience of voter ID in Wales until May 2024, so how on earth will the Minister assess any potential and entirely unintentional voter suppression in Wales, given that we might have a general election before then?

Lee Rowley Portrait Lee Rowley
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The research indicates that 98% of people across the United Kingdom have ID. Where there is a gap, I encourage those who are concerned to make sure that their electorate are aware of the coming change and to highlight the point of that change, which is to ensure the integrity of the ballot box for the long term.