Individual Voter Registration Debate

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Opposition Day

Individual Voter Registration

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NHS (Private Sector)
Monday 16th January 2012

(14 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. Before the hon. Gentleman intervenes, let me make the point that 19 hon. Members are seeking to speak in the debate. If I am to have any chance of accommodating that level of interest, self-restraint—in respect of Front-Bench speeches and the length of interventions—will be essential.

Lord Jackson of Peterborough Portrait Mr Jackson
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I am mindful of your admonition, Mr Speaker.

I am puzzled by the right hon. Gentleman’s views on household registration, given that the Electoral Commission has said that

“The ‘household’ registration system means there is no personal ownership by citizens of a fundamental aspect of their participation in our democracy—their right to vote”.

Is he saying that he is in favour of household registration, whose removal is at the centre of these reforms, or not?

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