Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:44 pm on 21 October 2003.
I welcome the Bill. I begin by echoing the opening comments of my hon. Friend Mr. Harris about the number of people on electoral registers because that point was raised in an Adjournment debate in Westminster Hall on
My hon. Friend Chris Ruane has an Adjournment debate in Westminster Hall tomorrow on electoral registers. We need to do something. We have passed legislation and numbers have fallen. We need to back that up by carrying out checks at vacant addresses, as some local authorities already do.