Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill: Committee Stage

Debate between Valerie Vaz and Siobhain McDonagh

Tuesday 19th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Valerie Vaz]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We deal with cases that go beyond those on the electoral register. For example, we deal with whole families, including children, following the cutbacks in advice services. We still have to deal with those cases.

[Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab)]

Does my hon. Friend also agree that there are variations in the propensity of certain groups in the population to appear on the electoral register? For example, there is an 80% propensity for older women from the home counties to be on the register, compared with only a 20% likelihood for young black men in inner cities to be on it.

[Valerie Vaz]

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend.