"This may purely be my misunderstanding of the amendment, so I stand to be corrected, but would the consequence of the amendment be to extend the election period beyond 25 days?..." Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
"I understand the point that the hon. Lady is making. What I am unclear about is what happens if the registration deadline is moved further into the election. I am not sure where the hon. Lady is going, because she is talking about the time to return the mail, so …..." Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
"Does my hon. Friend recall that one of heads of the Electoral Commission was found to be highly political in their online posts?..." Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
"The hon. Lady said that identity cards do not exist in this country, but of course the information from the Netherlands also refers to the fact that a driving licence or passport is also acceptable...." Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward, and my—what a lively start we have got off to!
I intend to speak to the principle of the Bill, because we will come to amendments later. Despite my point of order, it is interesting that the American electoral …..." Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
"I am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point, because, of course, Richard Mawrey said in his evidence that the threshold for proving in electoral law as it currently stands is too high to really get over the bar. By bringing in an extra set of checks …..." Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech