Electoral Registration Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Electoral Registration

Lord Lexden Excerpts
Wednesday 5th February 2014

(10 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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My Lords, one of the five organisations that I was able to announce yesterday that the Government are funding to deal with target groups and vulnerable groups is Mencap. We ask Mencap in particular to have regard to that.

Lord Lexden Portrait Lord Lexden (Con)
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Could my noble friend comment on the initiatives being undertaken by the Hansard Society in conjunction with the Cabinet Office—initiatives that could have a marked effect on the number of young people registered to vote?