Nick
Ainger: The hon. Lady has already said that there is
reluctance among people of certain age groups either to engage in the
political process or to believe that they should fill in the form. We
all know that there is a certain amount of
apathy.
Nick
Ainger: The introduction of the individual identifier
means that those people, whom we want to encourage to participate in
the political process, have denied themselves that. I accept that
point.
The
Chairman: Order. Interventions should be
short.
Nick
Ainger: We must have systems that encourage people who are
not registering but who were registering before, as in Northern Ireland
at the moment. That is the
point.
Mrs.
Laing: The hon. Gentleman is arguing beautifully against
himself. He used the important word that is the elephant in the
room—apathy.
It being
One o’clock, The Chairman
adjourned the Committee without Question put, pursuant to the Standing
Order. Adjourned
till this day at half-past Four
o’clock.
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