Voter ID

Debate between Baroness Maclean of Redditch and Marion Fellows

Thursday 27th April 2023 Commons Chamber

[Rachel Maclean]

What the Government are trying to achieve, and what this Conservative Government were elected to do, is to improve public confidence in the process of the exercise of our democracy. I note for the right hon. Lady that, when similar systems have been introduced in other major advanced western democracies, public confidence in the process of voting has gone up. We are an outlier at the moment and we need to bring ourselves into line with accepted practice.

[Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP)]

I am a bit puzzled, so let me ask the Minister this: does she actually understand the difference between universal suffrage elections, such as the local elections coming up, and internal party elections?