Speeches by Taylor.

“I will link that into the discussions we had last week on overseas voters and the lack of the system that is used in other countries where an individual is able to walk into the embassy and have their specific ballot printed off because the systems are integrated. They are able to get the right paper for them and they …”

“I want to explore that issue in a little more detail, because I am sure that on this occasion it was not just affecting Scottish voters, and there may well be similar issues at local elections that are coming up. Was the delay at the Nottingham printers due to a machinery failure or was it due to challenges with data f…”

“We saw what was successful. It would be interesting to see what was unsuccessful but had attempted to vote.”

“Do you record how many are returned after?”

“I may only speculate what it was that attracted my hon. Friend to discuss a Bill regarding the promotion of shiny surfaces atop well-built structures—we can only guess. Does he agree that as this Bill moves forward, it is absolutely essential that the Government work across parties to build a consensus, including all t…”

“My hon. Friend speaks about precisely the jobs that the Bill would generate. I declare an interest in that between speeches I have been emailing to arrange the installation of a solar array on my home in the next couple of weeks. Although I will not benefit from the reduction in the cost of installation and of the pane…”

“I begin by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Wimbledon (Mr Kohler) for bringing forward this incredibly important debate. Anyone who has been paying attention to my contributions in this place will not be surprised that I am once again expressing my deepest possible concerns about St Raphael’s hospice in my consti…”

“On the point about the postcode lottery—an oft-used cliché by politicians—I have heard from Hospice UK that, on one occasion, a single gift from a legacy covered the running costs for a hospice in the UK for five years. Does my hon. Friend agree that that is one of the starkest and most extreme illustrations of how the…”

“At a recent constituency surgery, the lack of care and oversight of dating apps towards their women users was mentioned. Does the hon. Member agree that dating apps, and the operators that profit from them, should be held to account for protecting the women and men who use them, in the same way that social media compan…”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Birmingham Yardley (Jess Phillips) on all the work she has done over the years standing up for women and girls and fighting violence against them. Violence against women and girls by men is a societal epidemic, and it is right that we in this place and the Government treat it as such.…”

“It is just to add an extra point that has only just occurred to me from the discussion of the question from John. You mentioned Wandsworth. I recall that in 2015 I was a candidate in Battersea. It was only because I was viewing the figures while they were being checked but before they were declared that I spotted that …”

“Can I cut in there?”

“To recap back to the beginning, though, was voter ID and personation a problem that the Electoral Commission saw prior to 2019 when it was put into the manifesto of a political party?”

“Sorry, they arrived at a polling station and then didn’t return. That was 0.8%, you said.”

“Thank you. I am quite keen on evidence-based policy. The implementation of voter ID was suggested to be introduced to tackle electoral fraud, and in particular personation. From the figures that we have seen in various reports, it was suggested that in 2019, after which the previous Government brought in the voter ID r…”

“That is helpful because it informs the first question that needs to be fixed before we can do other things better. Thank you.”

“Importantly, your point was that most countries use their consulates and their embassies, which we do not.”

“Very briefly, because I am conscious of time, you mentioned Australia, Canada and New Zealand as electoral systems, processes and organisations that work well. In terms of overseas electors, do you have examples where systems are in place that you look at and say, “That seems to be quite a sensible way to do it”?”

“You talked about broader international systems and comparisons with voter ID systems and there being many countries where voter ID is a thing and it is accepted. Was a comparison made with countries where a nationally available—compulsory or optional—general ID card is available? You look at New Zealand, which does not…”

“That seems self-evident. It does not seem to have been taken into that much account when implementing this incredibly dramatic policy.”