"I am sorry; I do not agree with what the noble Lord has said. I am interested that he is part of the Official Opposition; I wonder which is the unofficial opposition. All I would say to him is that we need to ensure we get the very best to …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, this is a matter for Parliament. Following the debate in the other place, the Commons Administration Committee is discussing the issue this very afternoon. We will consider the next steps when it has concluded its deliberations...." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"I am very delighted to be discussing this pressing issue today because there is not much else going on. I respect what my noble friend has to say but I gently repeat that the recording of Acts of Parliament is a matter for the two Houses. We very much hope …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"I gently say again that this is a matter for both Houses. It is a matter for the committee of this House and the committee of the other House to come to some agreement on. I am delighted, though, that the Labour Party is now looking to save money; this …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"As I say, that is very much the position. The position is as I have just said, and we have to await the outcome of the committee this afternoon...." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"That is an interesting suggestion. We shall have to wait and see what the outcome of the committee is this afternoon...." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, we are conducting an investigation into what went wrong with the website last week. In the light of the findings, we will carefully consider the potential benefits of an online registration checking tool, but there may be other, possibly better, answers, such as filtering out duplicates with electoral …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"The noble Lord makes some very good points. My answer is yes to the second two regarding encouraging enrolment. As regards the first, I would like to wait for the findings of the investigation before I commit to a timeframe. Clearly, however, there is a need to look at the …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"The noble Baroness makes an extremely good point and it is one that I have raised with officials. Electoral registration officers are able to accept applications in person or on the phone, and Electoral Commission guidance encourages them to offer this service to those unable to make an online or …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech