Clause 6 - Personation: arrestable offence
European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill
4:15 pm
Mr Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East, Conservative)
I want to speak to new clause 3. My hon. Friend has made a good argument for his amendment. However, I am worried that it may be contrary to the European convention on human rights and that he could end up in prison for having tabled it.
I may as well be frank. I have a pile of stuff here about which I had hoped to speak. As someone who is not new to Committees, I am worried that we do not have much time left. There are still some terribly important matters to deal with; for example, the Committee will want to discuss new clauses 2 and 4, which have been tabled by the Liberal Democrats. Given that we are short of time, I wonder whether the Minister wants to move a further extension of the timetable, or will I have to rush through my comments to give time to others?