European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — 21 Oct 2003 at 18:26

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

The Bill's purpose is to allow continuation of the Government's successful programme of piloting innovative electoral processes-including all-postal voting, electronic voting and other electoral innovations-at the forthcoming European elections and, where they are held, at local elections next year. Piloting new voting mechanisms is not done for its own sake. It is innovation for a purpose: to engage the maximum number of voters in the elections, and to make their participation more easy and convenient.

Question put, That the Bill be now read a Second time:-

The House divided: Ayes 306, Noes 172.

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