Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Nick Smith Excerpts
Wednesday 9th December 2015

(8 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Smith Portrait Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)
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On the topic of using other ways to contact people to register to vote, has the Minister considered using credit reference agencies as a way to boost electoral registration?

John Penrose Portrait John Penrose
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That is an intriguing and, to me, new idea. I would be very interested to hear anything more the hon. Gentleman has to suggest on that.