John Stevenson
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(13 years, 2 months ago)
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The Deputy Prime Minister
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence came before the House for an hour yesterday. He was open in acknowledging and apologising for what he concedes was a blurring of the professional, the political and the personal. Clearly, that raises serious issues, as he acknowledges, and those are now being examined by the most senior civil servant in government. Until we know what that report says, I suggest that it is unwise to prejudge exactly what happened.
John Stevenson (Carlisle) (Con)
T2. The Government propose individual voter registration, which I fully support, but will the Government at the same time review the use of postal votes?
The Deputy Prime Minister
I certainly think that, as a matter of principle, we should give enough resources to electoral officers to check, in theory, every single postal vote, because it is an area where there has been some concern about fraud in the past, and we are absolutely determined to make sure that those resources are available.