Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill - Administration Committee Contents


Examination of Witnesses (Question Number 220)

DR ROGER MORTIMORE AND DR STUART WILKS-HEEG

9 SEPTEMBER 2010

  Q220  Chair: Thank you very much. Would you like to sum up, in terms of anything that you wished you had been asked but weren't or particular points of emphasis that you'd like to leave with the Committee on the whole field of registration? Dr Wilks-Heeg?

  Dr Wilks-Heeg: I think I've had the opportunity to cover most areas. I think what I would probably want to reinforce is that there are very stark contrasts emerging in registration levels in different parts of the country. We'll know more about that after the 2011 Census, and I do think it would be preferable if we were in a situation where that detail could be fed into this very important boundary review process.

  Chair: Dr Mortimore?

  Dr Mortimore: Yes, I think all I would add is that we are still in rather a state of ignorance at the moment. We do not know a great deal about the state of the registers. We've tried to find out what we can, but a lot of this is educated guesswork.

  Chair: Thank you very much for your time this morning—fascinating evidence. Thank you so much indeed for coming along.





 
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