New Clause 11 - Power to make regulations about registration, absent voting and other matters

Part of Elections Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:30 pm on 17 January 2022.

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Photo of Julian Lewis Julian Lewis Chair, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament 7:30, 17 January 2022

As someone who was responsible for bringing in the original provision that people could just say the constituency where they live, the only word of caution I suggest is that we do not want to get into a competing war between candidates about who was more or less precise about where they live. It is really a security matter.