Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

My Lords, we will hear from the Conservative Benches.

My Lords, the noble Lord is now an independent, I believe, so he will ask his question and be followed by the Cross Benches.

That the Grand Committee do consider the Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Local Elections) (Northern Ireland) Order 2026.

That the Grand Committee do consider the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Uprating Election Expenses) Order 2026. Relevant document: 11th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

It is very easy for me to say “yes” from this Dispatch Box, so I will. There is an issue about how the limits have not been uprated in that time. However, we have been very clear that, in advance of n

Absolutely; it is about take-up as well as who is likely to have access to those pieces of ID. On absentee voting, Northern Ireland security checks are among the most stringent in the whole of the UK.