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Public Bill Committee: Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill (18 Oct 2001)

Mr Eddie McGrady: ...in ``page 4, line 37, after `documents)', insert `sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) are deleted and'. The purpose of the amendment is to withdraw acceptance of non-photographic documentation for use as identification at a polling station. When responding to an earlier speech, the Minister indicated the Government's intention. I said in the previous sitting that I would read carefully what he...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill: Clause 2 - Dates of birth and ballot papers (16 Oct 2001)

Mr Eddie McGrady: ...with regard, not to the wording of the Bill, but to the Government's intentions on the matter under discussion. Subsequent amendments can now be aborted due to what the Minister has just said, which has come as news to me because I understood that the ID card provision, allied to other photographic identification, would be issued to only certain categories of people after an application...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill: Clause 2 - Dates of birth and ballot papers (16 Oct 2001)

Mr Eddie McGrady: ...to vote. There were various remedies applied for who was eligible to vote and who was not. Sometimes, those in the building or within the grounds were allowed to vote after 10 pm, and those outside the grounds were not. There were a varied set of circumstances and we do not want to exacerbate problems for the voter or for staff of the electoral office. The amendment's purpose was to...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland): Clause 1 - Registration: provision of signature and date of birth (16 Oct 2001)

Mr Eddie McGrady: ...that we address all aspects of fraud, however cumbersome and difficult that may be. I had a brief conversation with the Minister about introducing national insurance numbers as a means of identification. I did not receive any encouragement, but I am determined to press forward with other hon. Members to implement this provision. As has been said already, the national insurance number is...