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Again, Mr Speaker, the British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy. Eleven local authorities have confirmed that they will be taking part in Voter ID pilots for the 2019 local elections. The pilots will provide further insight into ensuring the security of the voting process.<\/p>
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) long-term and (b) short-term effect of LINK\u2019s proposals to reduce the interchange fee on the free-to-use ATM network; and what estimate has been made of the number of ATMs that will be affected by that reduction.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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