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registered interest false more like this
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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
answering dept id 211 more like this
answering dept short name Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
answering dept sort name Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
hansard heading Electoral Register more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an automatic voter registration system for elections. more like this
tabling member constituency Glasgow North remove filter
tabling member printed
Patrick Grady more like this
uin 20675 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-15more like thismore than 2024-04-15
answer text <p>Individual Electoral Registration (IER), introduced in 2014, brought registering to vote into the 21<sup>st</sup> century by making it possible to register to vote online in as little as three minutes. It also ensured that every individual had control and ownership over the process.</p><p>The UK Government has no plans to reassess its policy with regards to automatic voter registration, as to do so would risk undermining the principle of individuals taking ownership of registering to vote.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North Dorset more like this
answering member printed Simon Hoare more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-15T15:41:57.793Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-15T15:41:57.793Z
answering member
4494
label Biography information for Simon Hoare more like this
tabling member
4432
label Biography information for Patrick Grady more like this