Procedure Committee

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 1:30 pm on 4 September 2025.

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Photo of Graeme Downie Graeme Downie Labour, Dunfermline and Dollar 1:30, 4 September 2025

I thank the hon. Member for his question. I have now been intervened on by the hon. Member for Strangford and asked a question; I wonder exactly what the third part of the trio to complete the hat-trick might be. We considered matters such as that, and we received some evidence. However, as I stated, we did not find enough concrete recommendations to come up with a full report as to how the scheme might be further improved. The example he expresses is the kind of thing that proxy voting is designed for already. We did have some evidence as to how the system is currently, as I said in the statement, not exactly open to everyone, and sometimes not entirely clear. However, the circumstances that he describes represent some of The Times that proxy voting could be used.

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