Results 1301–1320 of 1388 for speaker:Brian Binley

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 29 - Meaning of election expenses for purposes of the 1983 Act (17 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: Then his input is even more valued. I also support what my colleagues have said. This measure demonstrates that the ladies and gentlemen of the Electoral Commission—good people though they be, and valuable work though they do—are adrift from reality. We need to make that point firmly, because working, as they do, away from the hurly-burly of local politics, they do not always understand...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 29 - Meaning of election expenses for purposes of the 1983 Act (17 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: I am grateful to the Minister, particularly for pointing out that there are different ways of registering electoral expenses at both national and local level. That is important in relation to this clause. And how good it is to hear from the squeaky-clean Liberals. I hope that that general view will filter down to constituencies. Most of us would welcome that. I have two concerns about the...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 29 - Meaning of election expenses for purposes of the 1983 Act (17 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: I just want to clarify in my own mind what the hon. Gentleman is saying. Does that mean that the campaign, which the Liberal Democrats led, to decapitate my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe is inside the law, yet our letter is outside the law? Will he clear that up for me?

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 27 - Amount of expenses which may be incurred by third party (17 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: Thank you, Mr. Conway. I am grateful to the Minister, but I seek clarification. Clause 27(3) states: ''After subsection (1) insert . . . (a) a newspaper or other periodical.'' The right hon. and learned Lady said that that does not include advertising. If that is the case, I am perfectly happy.

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 23 - Description of independent candidates (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: I am concerned. If I wanted to stand as a ''Conservative against the sustainable communities project'' in my constituency, I assume that that would be disallowed because it would not be one of the registered five slogans that my party might choose nationally. If, however, an independent stood as an ''Independent against the sustainable communities project'', that would be a powerful message...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 22 - Nomination procedures (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: It is not the raising of a deposit that matters but the danger of losing it that gives pause for thought—and so it should. The argument that we have just heard suggests that there should be no deposit at all. I argue that the deposit should give people pause for thought and make them consider whether the election is worth fighting, and certainly whether it is worth fighting from a frivolous...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 22 - Nomination procedures (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: Ten candidates stood in my constituency when I was elected. I am a little concerned about this matter but I am not sure that the amendment would solve the problem.

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 22 - Nomination procedures (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: No, I didn't think you were. It seems to me there is a balance between protecting a democratic right and allowing genuine candidates to take part irrespective of the size of the support for the position they represent, and protecting the democratic process   from those who wish to use the election for their own rather spurious ends. I cite a case in the election before last in Northampton,...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 22 - Nomination procedures (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: It was not very pleasant at 3 o'clock in the morning, but my point is that we all want to protect the democratic process from that sort of activity so we must strike a balance between the need to open up democracy and the need to protect it. We need to give more thought to the matter.

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 19 - Review of polling places (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: I support my hon. Friend's point about the size of the electorate. I represent the largest electorate in mainland Britain, I think—although the Isle of Wight, with more than 90,000 electors is bigger. It is a difficult task to service those electorates in terms of the social aspects of our work. My concern is specifically about proposed new section 18B. Electoral registration officers...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 19 - Review of polling places (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: Will the Minister respond to a point that I raised earlier? When organising elections, there is often no time to review election law, as such considerations arise too late in the process. I asked whether the Minister would use the guidance notes to allow electoral registration officers to do what they used to do, and have urgent discussions with local political parties over the siting of...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 19 - Review of polling places (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: I thank the Minister for giving way, but this is not a point of little interest. What I described happens regularly. I was an election agent for 12 years—I was proud of the fact—and I remember that we often needed to find a polling station in a rush. In a good area, the electoral registration officer would do that in consultation with the political parties, but it did not happen in areas...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 4 - Electoral Commission (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: For certain members of my party, including myself, the word ''regionalisation'' sends shivers up and down our backbone. I want to be assured that the matter is in no way related to the whole concept of a united Europe.—[Interruption.] I said it sent shivers up and down my back. Secondly, as to the term CORE keeper, which has a Harry Potter connection in a sense, will the Minister be kind...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 5 - CORE schemes: supplemental (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: The Minister is aware that the clause deals with the relationship between the CORE keeper—I still see him in a pointed hat—and the electoral registration officer. It suggests a sizeable change in the command structure and independence of the electoral registration officer. I am not arguing that that is necessarily a bad thing. The differences in performance and ability of our electoral...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 5 - CORE schemes: supplemental (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: I am not sure what a wet signature is, quite frankly.

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 5 - CORE schemes: supplemental (15 Nov 2005)

Brian Binley: Now I understand; the Minister is very kind. The Minister talked about providing information online and I shall again interject a little background. Some time ago, I founded a company that does exactly that for the pharmaceuticals industry. The company, which is no longer mine, charges pharmaceutical companies a great deal to be online, and it is necessary to make such charges because the...


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